22081

ZIP 22081 is in Merrifield, Virginia, in Fairfax County; area codes 571 and 703; Eastern time. Merrifield has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 22082, 22116, 22118 and 22119.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Fairfax
Metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Coordinates: 38.8739, -77.2345

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 22031, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 22081

🔢 Type 22081 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBOZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 22,081 = 71 × 311. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011001000001
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22079 (Lorton, VA, 14 mi away) and 22082 (Merrifield, VA, 0 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 22081 becomes 18022, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01822, 02128, 02812, 08212, 08221, 10282, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81220 in Cimarron, CO, 1,626 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
🎯1,140 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22081 and you would come out at 38.87°S, 102.77°E — 878 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.

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ZIP codes near 22081

ZIP	City	Distance
`22116`	Merrifield, VA	0.2 mi
`22082`	Merrifield, VA	0.4 mi
`22027`	Dunn Loring, VA	1.6 mi
`22031`	Fairfax, VA	1.7 mi
`22180`	Vienna, VA	1.9 mi
`22042`	Falls Church, VA	2.3 mi
`22043`	Falls Church, VA	2.8 mi
`22046`	Falls Church, VA	3.0 mi
`22003`	Annandale, VA	3.2 mi
`22040`	Falls Church, VA	3.4 mi

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Where is ZIP code 22081?

22081 is in Merrifield, Virginia, in Fairfax County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.8739, -77.2345.

What county is 22081 in?

22081 lies in Fairfax County.

What area code is 22081?

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

What time zone is 22081 in?

22081 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22081?

The closest are 22116 (0.2 mi), 22082 (0.4 mi), 22027 (1.6 mi), 22031 (1.7 mi) and 22180 (1.9 mi).

Is 22081 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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