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Largest ZIP Codes in Virginia by Land Area

What this measures. Land area of the Census tabulation area, in square miles. Water is excluded. Source: Census Gazetteer, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Land area
1 24426 Covington Alleghany 363.75 sq mi
2 23847 Emporia Greensville 275.08 sq mi
3 23002 Amelia Court House Amelia 256.12 sq mi
4 24460 Millboro Bath 250.64 sq mi
5 23139 Powhatan Powhatan 240.50 sq mi
6 24523 Bedford Bedford 229.94 sq mi
7 24450 Lexington Rockbridge 219.96 sq mi
8 24127 New Castle Craig 219.62 sq mi
9 24521 Amherst Amherst 217.14 sq mi
10 23936 Dillwyn Buckingham 207.21 sq mi
11 23434 Suffolk Suffolk city 206.78 sq mi
12 23093 Louisa Louisa 203.41 sq mi
13 24522 Appomattox Appomattox 199.96 sq mi
14 24171 Stuart Patrick 199.12 sq mi
15 23824 Blackstone Nottoway 197.02 sq mi
16 24531 Chatham Pittsylvania 196.91 sq mi
17 23890 Waverly Sussex 196.61 sq mi
18 23901 Farmville Cumberland 193.18 sq mi
19 24465 Monterey Highland 190.47 sq mi
20 24382 Wytheville Wythe 189.94 sq mi
21 23322 Chesapeake Chesapeake city 187.77 sq mi
22 24577 Nathalie Halifax 187.28 sq mi
23 24484 Warm Springs Bath 177.50 sq mi
24 22485 King George King George 175.76 sq mi
25 22701 Culpeper Culpeper 172.24 sq mi
26 24091 Floyd Floyd 171.11 sq mi
27 24315 Bland Bland 171.08 sq mi
28 24244 Duffield Scott 169.40 sq mi
29 22551 Spotsylvania Spotsylvania 168.16 sq mi
30 24085 Eagle Rock Botetourt 165.93 sq mi
31 24151 Rocky Mount Franklin 165.40 sq mi
32 22546 Ruther Glen Caroline 163.84 sq mi
33 24557 Gretna Pittsylvania 162.48 sq mi
34 24590 Scottsville Buckingham 161.95 sq mi
35 22827 Elkton Rockingham 158.85 sq mi
36 23061 Gloucester Gloucester 158.04 sq mi
37 24066 Buchanan Botetourt 157.40 sq mi
38 24651 Tazewell Tazewell 151.96 sq mi
39 24370 Saltville Smyth 151.73 sq mi
40 24112 Martinsville Henry 151.29 sq mi
41 22835 Luray Page 149.59 sq mi
42 23030 Charles City Charles City 149.29 sq mi
43 23040 Cumberland Cumberland 148.15 sq mi
44 23882 Stony Creek Sussex 146.96 sq mi
45 23947 Keysville Lunenburg 144.97 sq mi
46 24333 Galax Grayson 144.89 sq mi
47 24210 Abingdon Washington 144.11 sq mi
48 23117 Mineral Louisa 143.10 sq mi
49 23924 Chase City Mecklenburg 141.43 sq mi
50 22572 Warsaw Richmond 140.89 sq mi

Showing the top 50 of 903 ZIP codes in Virginia that have this figure and meet the threshold above. 24426 ranks 1st at 363.75 sq mi, against 140.89 sq mi in 50th place.

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zipcodes.pro. “Largest ZIP Codes in Virginia by Land Area.” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/rankings/va/largest-area

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