22240

ZIP 22240 is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County; area codes 571 and 703; Eastern time. Arlington has 27 ZIP codes in all.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Arlington
Metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Coordinates: 38.8566, -77.0518

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 22202, 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 22240

🔢 Type 22240 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhZZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 22,240 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 139. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011011100000
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22230 (Arlington, VA, 4 mi away) and 22241 (Arlington, VA, 4 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 22240 becomes 04222 — and that is a real ZIP code: Durham, ME, 502 miles away.
👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04222, 20224, 20242, 20422, 22042, 22204, …). The farthest-flung twin is 42022 in Bandana, KY, 658 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
🎯1,150 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22240 and you would come out at 38.86°S, 102.95°E — 868 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 22240

ZIP	City	Distance
`22202`	Arlington, VA	0.0 mi
`22244`	Arlington, VA	0.1 mi
`22243`	Arlington, VA	0.3 mi
`22245`	Arlington, VA	0.3 mi
`22242`	Arlington, VA	0.4 mi
`22214`	Arlington, VA	1.5 mi
`20242`	Washington, DC	1.5 mi
`22305`	Alexandria, VA	1.5 mi
`20024`	Washington, DC	1.7 mi
`20319`	Washington, DC	2.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22240?

22240 is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.8566, -77.0518.

What county is 22240 in?

22240 lies in Arlington County.

What area code is 22240?

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

What time zone is 22240 in?

22240 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22240?

The closest are 22202 (0 mi), 22244 (0.1 mi), 22243 (0.3 mi), 22245 (0.3 mi) and 22242 (0.4 mi).

Is 22240 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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