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62796

ZIP 62796 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
39.7495, -89.6060

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 62712, 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 62796
  • 🔢 Type 62796 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGLZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,796 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5233. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010101001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62794 (Springfield, IL, 0 mi away) and 62801 (Centralia, IL, 89 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62796 becomes 69726, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26679, 27966, 29667, 29676, 62769, 62967, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96267 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,636 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯476 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62796 and you would come out at 39.75°S, 90.39°E — 1,189 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62796

ZIPCityDistance
62719 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62722 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62723 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62726 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62736 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62756 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62762 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62763 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62764 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi
62766 Springfield, IL 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62796?

62796 is in Springfield, Illinois, in Sangamon County, part of the Springfield, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7495, -89.6060.

What county is 62796 in?

62796 lies in Sangamon County.

What area code is 62796?

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

What time zone is 62796 in?

62796 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62796?

The closest are 62719 (0 mi), 62722 (0 mi), 62723 (0 mi), 62726 (0 mi) and 62736 (0 mi).

Is 62796 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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