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62971

ZIP 62971 is Oraville, Illinois, in Jackson County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jackson
Metro area
Carbondale, IL
Coordinates
37.8651, -89.3834

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 62994, 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 62971
  • 🔢 Type 62971 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILGZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 62971 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010111111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62970 (Olmsted, IL, 47 mi away) and 62972 (Ozark, IL, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62971 becomes 17926, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12769, 12967, 12976, 16729, 16927, 19726, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96271 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,769 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯513 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62971 and you would come out at 37.87°S, 90.62°E — 1,286 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62971

ZIPCityDistance
62994 Vergennes, IL 3.5 mi
62907 Ava, IL 6.1 mi
62966 Murphysboro, IL 6.7 mi
62927 Dowell, IL 9.0 mi
62932 Elkville, IL 9.5 mi
62940 Gorham, IL 10.1 mi
62924 De Soto, IL 10.8 mi
62916 Campbell Hill, IL 11.9 mi
62832 Du Quoin, IL 12.2 mi
62950 Jacob, IL 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62971?

62971 is in Oraville, Illinois, in Jackson County, part of the Carbondale, IL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.8651, -89.3834.

What county is 62971 in?

62971 lies in Jackson County.

What area code is 62971?

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

What time zone is 62971 in?

62971 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62971?

The closest are 62994 (3.5 mi), 62907 (6.1 mi), 62966 (6.7 mi), 62927 (9 mi) and 62932 (9.5 mi).

Is 62971 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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