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62834

ZIP 62834 is Emma, Illinois, in White County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
White
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.9762, -88.1202

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 62821, 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 62834
  • 🔢 Type 62834 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEBZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,834 = 2 × 89 × 353. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010101110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62833 (Ellery, IL, 25 mi away) and 62835 (Enfield, IL, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62834 becomes 43826, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23486, 23846, 24368, 24836, 26348, 26384, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83642 in Meridian, ID, 1,521 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯576 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62834 and you would come out at 37.98°S, 91.88°E — 1,330 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62834

ZIPCityDistance
62867 New Haven, IL 4.6 mi
62861 Maunie, IL 5.8 mi
62821 Carmi, IL 6.6 mi
62869 Norris City, IL 8.7 mi
62871 Omaha, IL 10.4 mi
47620 Mount Vernon, IN 12.2 mi
62979 Ridgway, IL 13.0 mi
62827 Crossville, IL 14.0 mi
62835 Enfield, IL 14.2 mi
47631 New Harmony, IN 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62834?

62834 is in Emma, Illinois, in White County. Its published point location is 37.9762, -88.1202.

What county is 62834 in?

62834 lies in White County.

What area code is 62834?

Emma uses area code 618, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62834 in?

62834 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62834?

The closest are 62867 (4.6 mi), 62861 (5.8 mi), 62821 (6.6 mi), 62869 (8.7 mi) and 62871 (10.4 mi).

Is 62834 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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