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62909

ZIP 62909 is Boles, Illinois, in Johnson County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Johnson
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.4472, -88.8768

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 62995, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 62909 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 62909
  • 🔢 Type 62909 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOGZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,909 = 7 × 11 × 19 × 43. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010110111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62908 (Belknap, IL, 9 mi away) and 62910 (Brookport, IL, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62909 becomes 90926, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09629, 29069, 29609, 29690, 29906, 60929, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09629 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,873 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯549 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62909 and you would come out at 37.45°S, 91.12°E — 1,326 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62909

ZIPCityDistance
62995 Vienna, IL 1.9 mi
62972 Ozark, IL 7.3 mi
62939 Goreville, IL 8.8 mi
62912 Buncombe, IL 8.8 mi
62908 Belknap, IL 9.5 mi
62943 Grantsburg, IL 9.5 mi
62985 Simpson, IL 10.6 mi
62923 Cypress, IL 11.3 mi
62956 Karnak, IL 11.9 mi
62967 New Burnside, IL 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62909?

62909 is in Boles, Illinois, in Johnson County. Its published point location is 37.4472, -88.8768.

What county is 62909 in?

62909 lies in Johnson County.

What area code is 62909?

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

What time zone is 62909 in?

62909 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62909?

The closest are 62995 (1.9 mi), 62972 (7.3 mi), 62939 (8.8 mi), 62912 (8.8 mi) and 62908 (9.5 mi).

Is 62909 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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