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62973

ZIP 62973 is Perks, Illinois, in Pulaski County; area codes 618 and 730; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pulaski
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.3113, -89.0831

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 62992, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 62973 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 62973
  • 🔢 Type 62973 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELGZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,973 = 3 × 3 × 6997. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010111111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62972 (Ozark, IL, 22 mi away) and 62974 (Pittsburg, IL, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62973 becomes 37926, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23967, 23976, 26739, 27936, 29376, 29673, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96372 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,433 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯541 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62973 and you would come out at 37.31°S, 90.92°E — 1,324 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62973

ZIPCityDistance
62923 Cypress, IL 3.4 mi
62992 Ullin, IL 4.0 mi
62926 Dongola, IL 4.7 mi
62970 Olmsted, IL 6.4 mi
62941 Grand Chain, IL 7.7 mi
62956 Karnak, IL 8.6 mi
62976 Pulaski, IL 9.5 mi
62961 Millcreek, IL 9.6 mi
62996 Villa Ridge, IL 10.2 mi
62906 Anna, IL 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62973?

62973 is in Perks, Illinois, in Pulaski County. Its published point location is 37.3113, -89.0831.

What county is 62973 in?

62973 lies in Pulaski County.

What area code is 62973?

Perks uses area codes 618 and 730, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62973 in?

62973 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62973?

The closest are 62923 (3.4 mi), 62992 (4 mi), 62926 (4.7 mi), 62970 (6.4 mi) and 62941 (7.7 mi).

Is 62973 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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