ZIP code · Sailor Springs · Illinois · United States
ZIP code 62879 — Sailor Springs
ZIP code 62879 serves Sailor Springs, Illinois.
- Postal code
- 62879Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Sailor Springs
- County
- Clay FIPS 17025
- State
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 38.7639, -88.3631 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 25 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 202 / sq mi
- Land area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $57,917
- Per-capita income
- $24,644
- Median age
- 45.8
- Households
- 9
- Housing units
- 11
- Congressional district
- IL-12 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 6b (-5 to 0 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago (UTC−6 / UTC−5 DST)
- Area code
- 618Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 62879
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 89°F), coldest Jan (avg low 21°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 39 | 44 | 55 | 67 | 77 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 69 | 55 | 43 |
| Avg low °F | 21 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 66 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: FLORA (8.6 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 62879
- 1 post offices
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page