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20178

ZIP 20178 is in Leesburg, Virginia, in Loudoun County; area codes 571 and 703; Eastern time. Leesburg has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 20175, 20176 and 20177.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Loudoun
Coordinates
39.1157, -77.5636

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 20176, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 20178 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 20178
  • 🔢 Type 20178 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLIOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,178 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 19 × 59. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100111011010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20177 (Leesburg, VA, 0 mi away) and 20180 (Lovettsville, VA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20178 becomes 87102 — and that is a real ZIP code: Albuquerque, NM, 1,620 miles away.
  • 👥 67 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01827, 02187, 02718, 02817, 02871, 07821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87021 in Milan, NM, 1,683 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,119 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20178 and you would come out at 39.12°S, 102.44°E — 901 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees62This ZIP62
Annual payroll$2,168,000This ZIP$2,168,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 20178

ZIPCityDistance
20177 Leesburg, VA 0.0 mi
20129 Paeonian Springs, VA 3.7 mi
20175 Leesburg, VA 4.1 mi
20176 Leesburg, VA 4.7 mi
20102 Dulles, VA 4.9 mi
20104 Dulles, VA 4.9 mi
20146 Ashburn, VA 4.9 mi
20158 Hamilton, VA 5.4 mi
20159 Hamilton, VA 5.4 mi
20149 Ashburn, VA 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20178?

20178 is in Leesburg, Virginia, in Loudoun County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.1157, -77.5636.

What county is 20178 in?

20178 lies in Loudoun County.

What area code is 20178?

Leesburg uses area codes 571 and 703, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 20178 in?

20178 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 20178?

The closest are 20177 (0 mi), 20129 (3.7 mi), 20175 (4.1 mi), 20176 (4.7 mi) and 20102 (4.9 mi).

Is 20178 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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