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62769

ZIP 62769 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
39.8017, -89.6437

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 62701, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 62769 is

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 62769
  • 🔢 Type 62769 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgLZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,769 = 3 × 7 × 7 × 7 × 61. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010100110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62767 (Springfield, IL, 4 mi away) and 62776 (Springfield, IL, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62769 becomes 96726 — and that is a real ZIP code: Honaunau, HI, 4,120 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26679, 27966, 29667, 29676, 62796, 62967, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96267 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,632 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯474 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62769 and you would come out at 39.80°S, 90.36°E — 1,185 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 21m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees2,636This ZIP2,636
Annual payroll$149,279,000This ZIP$149,279,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 62769

ZIPCityDistance
62705 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62715 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62739 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62757 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62765 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62701 Springfield, IL 0.3 mi
62706 Springfield, IL 0.7 mi
62702 Springfield, IL 1.6 mi
62703 Springfield, IL 2.8 mi
62704 Springfield, IL 2.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62769?

62769 is in Springfield, Illinois, in Sangamon County, part of the Springfield, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8017, -89.6437.

What county is 62769 in?

62769 lies in Sangamon County.

What area code is 62769?

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

What time zone is 62769 in?

62769 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62769?

The closest are 62705 (0 mi), 62715 (0 mi), 62739 (0 mi), 62757 (0 mi) and 62765 (0 mi).

Is 62769 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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