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Mount Prospect, IL 60056
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The 60056 ZIP Code is centered1 in Cook County at latitude 42.068 and longitude -87.933 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Cook County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 60056 was 56,625 with 22,011 housing units; a land area land area of 10.57 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 5,359.33 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Mount Prospect, IL (< 0.1 mile)
Forest River, IL (1.9 miles ENE)
Prospect Heights, IL (1.9 miles N)
Arlington Heights, IL (2.7 miles WNW)
Northfield Woods, IL (3.4 miles ENE)
Des Plaines, IL (3.6 miles SE)
Rolling Meadows, IL (4.3 miles WNW)
Wheeling, IL (4.9 miles N)
Elk Grove Village, IL (4.9 miles SSW)
North Northfield, IL (5.5 miles NNE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Norma, IL (2.4 miles SSE)
The Grove, IL (3.6 miles ENE)
Oasis Mobile Home Park, IL (3.9 miles S)
Schnells Corner, IL (3.9 miles SW)
Riverview, IL (4.1 miles SE)
Indian Ridge, IL (4.1 miles ENE)
Williamsburg, IL (4.3 miles W)
Stonegate, IL (4.5 miles NE)
Citation Lake, IL (4.5 miles NE)
Brockdale Manor, IL (4.5 miles ENE)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.