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62662

ZIP 62662 is Lowder, Illinois, in Sangamon County; area code 217; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Sangamon
Metro area
Springfield, IL
Coordinates
39.5509, -89.8459

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 62692, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62662
  • 🔢 Type 62662 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZggZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,662 = 2 × 17 × 19 × 97. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010011000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62661 (Loami, IL, 8 mi away) and 62663 (Manchester, IL, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62662 becomes 26626, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26266, 26662, 62266, 62626, 66226, 66622). The farthest-flung twin is 26266 in Upperglade, WV, 508 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯465 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62662 and you would come out at 39.55°S, 90.15°E — 1,188 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62662

ZIPCityDistance
62689 Thayer, IL 4.4 mi
62690 Virden, IL 5.3 mi
62615 Auburn, IL 5.4 mi
62692 Waverly, IL 5.5 mi
62661 Loami, IL 8.2 mi
62640 Girard, IL 8.7 mi
62667 Modesto, IL 8.9 mi
62530 Divernon, IL 10.1 mi
62672 Nilwood, IL 10.8 mi
62629 Chatham, IL 11.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62662?

62662 is in Lowder, Illinois, in Sangamon County, part of the Springfield, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.5509, -89.8459.

What county is 62662 in?

62662 lies in Sangamon County.

What area code is 62662?

Lowder uses area code 217, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62662 in?

62662 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62662?

The closest are 62689 (4.4 mi), 62690 (5.3 mi), 62615 (5.4 mi), 62692 (5.5 mi) and 62661 (8.2 mi).

Is 62662 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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