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68501

ZIP 68501 is in Lincoln, Nebraska, in Lancaster County; area codes 402 and 531; Central time. Lincoln has 29 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lancaster
Metro area
Lincoln, NE
Coordinates
40.8651, -96.8231

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 68402, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 68501 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 68501
  • 🔢 Type 68501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOSBg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 68501 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000101110010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 68467 (York, NE, 40 mi away) and 68502 (Lincoln, NE, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 68501 becomes 10586, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01568, 01586, 01865, 05681, 05861, 06518, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01865 in Nutting Lake, MA, 1,318 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯117 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 68501 and you would come out at 40.87°S, 83.18°E — 860 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments50This ZIP50
Employees2,740This ZIP2,740
Annual payroll$284,813,000This ZIP$284,813,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 68501

ZIPCityDistance
68529 Lincoln, NE 2.5 mi
68528 Lincoln, NE 2.8 mi
68524 Lincoln, NE 3.4 mi
68402 Malcolm, NE 3.5 mi
68532 Lincoln, NE 4.9 mi
68521 Lincoln, NE 5.7 mi
68522 Lincoln, NE 6.1 mi
68531 Lincoln, NE 6.6 mi
68508 Lincoln, NE 7.0 mi
68428 Raymond, NE 7.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 68501?

68501 is in Lincoln, Nebraska, in Lancaster County, part of the Lincoln, NE metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8651, -96.8231.

What county is 68501 in?

68501 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 68501?

Lincoln uses area codes 402 and 531, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 68501 in?

68501 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 68501?

The closest are 68529 (2.5 mi), 68528 (2.8 mi), 68524 (3.4 mi), 68402 (3.5 mi) and 68532 (4.9 mi).

Is 68501 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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