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Smallest ZIP Codes in Virginia by Land Area

What this measures. Land area of the Census tabulation area, smallest first. These are almost always dense urban ZIP codes covering a few city blocks. Source: Census Gazetteer, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Land area
1 22908 Charlottesville Charlottesville city 0.01 sq mi
2 24022 Roanoke Roanoke city 0.04 sq mi
3 24129 New River Pulaski 0.04 sq mi
4 22035 Fairfax Fairfax 0.04 sq mi
5 23668 Hampton Hampton city 0.05 sq mi
6 23147 Ruthville Charles City 0.06 sq mi
7 23667 Hampton Hampton city 0.09 sq mi
8 23909 Farmville Prince Edward 0.10 sq mi
9 23298 Richmond Richmond city 0.11 sq mi
10 24142 Radford Radford city 0.11 sq mi
11 23284 Richmond Richmond city 0.13 sq mi
12 24469 New Hope Augusta 0.13 sq mi
13 22125 Occoquan Prince William 0.15 sq mi
14 24011 Roanoke Roanoke city 0.17 sq mi
15 23708 Portsmouth Portsmouth city 0.17 sq mi
16 23304 Battery Park Isle of Wight 0.18 sq mi
17 23441 Tasley Accomack 0.20 sq mi
18 22472 Haynesville Richmond 0.26 sq mi
19 22904 Charlottesville Albemarle 0.26 sq mi
20 24327 Emory Washington 0.28 sq mi
21 23943 Hampden Sydney Prince Edward 0.30 sq mi
22 24448 Iron Gate Alleghany 0.31 sq mi
23 24601 Amonate Tazewell 0.31 sq mi
24 23414 Nelsonia Accomack 0.32 sq mi
25 23173 Richmond Richmond city 0.33 sq mi
26 23486 Willis Wharf Northampton 0.35 sq mi
27 24020 Roanoke Roanoke 0.36 sq mi
28 23884 Sussex Sussex 0.37 sq mi
29 24246 East Stone Gap Wise 0.40 sq mi
30 22214 Arlington Arlington 0.48 sq mi
31 23551 Norfolk Norfolk city 0.49 sq mi
32 23316 Cheriton Northampton 0.55 sq mi
33 24077 Cloverdale Botetourt 0.58 sq mi
34 24474 Selma Alleghany 0.59 sq mi
35 22213 Arlington Arlington 0.59 sq mi
36 23709 Portsmouth Portsmouth city 0.63 sq mi
37 22027 Dunn Loring Fairfax 0.64 sq mi
38 22807 Harrisonburg Harrisonburg city 0.65 sq mi
39 24515 Lynchburg Lynchburg city 0.68 sq mi
40 22725 Leon Madison 0.73 sq mi
41 22209 Arlington Arlington 0.75 sq mi
42 23651 Fort Monroe Hampton city 0.79 sq mi
43 23517 Norfolk Norfolk city 0.83 sq mi
44 23891 Waverly Sussex 0.83 sq mi
45 23068 Hallieford Mathews 0.84 sq mi
46 23389 Harborton Accomack 0.89 sq mi
47 23507 Norfolk Norfolk city 0.91 sq mi
48 24570 Lowry Bedford 0.92 sq mi
49 22548 Sharps Richmond 0.99 sq mi
50 22646 Millwood Clarke 1.01 sq mi

Showing the top 50 of 903 ZIP codes in Virginia that have this figure and meet the threshold above. 22908 ranks 1st at 0.01 sq mi, against 1.01 sq mi in 50th place.

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