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62683

ZIP 62683 is Scottville, Illinois, in Macoupin County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Macoupin
Metro area
St. Louis, MO-IL
Coordinates
39.4803, -90.1048

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 62674, 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 62683
  • 🔢 Type 62683 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EBgZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 62683 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010011011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62682 (San Jose, IL, 62 mi away) and 62684 (Sherman, IL, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62683 becomes 38626 — and that is a real ZIP code: Dundee, MS, 343 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23668, 23866, 26386, 26638, 26836, 28366, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83626 in Greenleaf, ID, 1,405 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯451 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62683 and you would come out at 39.48°S, 89.90°E — 1,181 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 23m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62683

ZIPCityDistance
62674 Palmyra, IL 5.1 mi
62667 Modesto, IL 6.0 mi
62649 Hettick, IL 8.8 mi
62638 Franklin, IL 9.0 mi
62668 Murrayville, IL 9.3 mi
62044 Greenfield, IL 9.5 mi
62692 Waverly, IL 11.3 mi
62082 Roodhouse, IL 11.4 mi
62695 Woodson, IL 11.5 mi
62098 Wrights, IL 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62683?

62683 is in Scottville, Illinois, in Macoupin County, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.4803, -90.1048.

What county is 62683 in?

62683 lies in Macoupin County.

What area code is 62683?

Scottville uses area codes 217 and 447, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62683 in?

62683 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62683?

The closest are 62674 (5.1 mi), 62667 (6 mi), 62649 (8.8 mi), 62638 (9 mi) and 62668 (9.3 mi).

Is 62683 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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