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62855

ZIP 62855 is Lancaster, Illinois, in Wabash County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Wabash
Metro area
none
Coordinates
38.4034, -87.8187

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 62863, 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 62855
  • 🔢 Type 62855 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSBZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,855 = 5 × 13 × 967. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010110000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62854 (Kinmundy, IL, 60 mi away) and 62856 (Logan, IL, 64 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62855 becomes 55826, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25685, 25865, 26585, 26855, 28556, 28655, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85256 in Scottsdale, AZ, 1,381 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯585 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62855 and you would come out at 38.40°S, 92.18°E — 1,322 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 51m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 29m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62855

ZIPCityDistance
62863 Mount Carmel, IL 2.4 mi
62852 Keensburg, IL 4.5 mi
62811 Bellmont, IL 4.7 mi
62818 Browns, IL 8.3 mi
62815 Bone Gap, IL 8.9 mi
47665 Owensville, IN 9.5 mi
62410 Allendale, IL 10.4 mi
47666 Patoka, IN 11.9 mi
47524 Decker, IN 12.2 mi
47616 Griffin, IN 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62855?

62855 is in Lancaster, Illinois, in Wabash County. Its published point location is 38.4034, -87.8187.

What county is 62855 in?

62855 lies in Wabash County.

What area code is 62855?

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

What time zone is 62855 in?

62855 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62855?

The closest are 62863 (2.4 mi), 62852 (4.5 mi), 62811 (4.7 mi), 62818 (8.3 mi) and 62815 (8.9 mi).

Is 62855 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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