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62761

ZIP 62761 is in Springfield, Illinois, in Sangamon County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time. Springfield has 35 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Sangamon
Metro area
Springfield, IL
Coordinates
39.8524, -89.5410

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 62561, 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 62761
  • 🔢 Type 62761 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgLZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 62761 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010100101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62757 (Springfield, IL, 6 mi away) and 62762 (Springfield, IL, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62761 becomes 16726 — and that is a real ZIP code: Cyclone, PA, 588 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12766, 16627, 16672, 16726, 17266, 21667, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12766 in North Branch, NY, 772 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯479 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62761 and you would come out at 39.85°S, 90.46°E — 1,187 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62761

ZIPCityDistance
62716 Springfield, IL 0.4 mi
62561 Riverton, IL 2.2 mi
62708 Springfield, IL 4.0 mi
62684 Sherman, IL 4.6 mi
62520 Dawson, IL 4.9 mi
62702 Springfield, IL 5.7 mi
62707 Springfield, IL 5.8 mi
62705 Springfield, IL 6.5 mi
62715 Springfield, IL 6.5 mi
62739 Springfield, IL 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62761?

62761 is in Springfield, Illinois, in Sangamon County, part of the Springfield, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8524, -89.5410.

What county is 62761 in?

62761 lies in Sangamon County.

What area code is 62761?

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

What time zone is 62761 in?

62761 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62761?

The closest are 62716 (0.4 mi), 62561 (2.2 mi), 62708 (4 mi), 62684 (4.6 mi) and 62520 (4.9 mi).

Is 62761 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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