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22242

ZIP 22242 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
Coordinates
38.8509, -77.0523

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 22242
  • 🔢 Type 22242 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhZZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,242 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 337. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011011100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22241 (Arlington, VA, 4 mi away) and 22243 (Arlington, VA, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22242 becomes 24222, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 🧭 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 22242 and you would come out at 38.85°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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Land area

ZIP codes near 22242

ZIPCityDistance
22245 Arlington, VA 0.1 mi
22244 Arlington, VA 0.2 mi
22240 Arlington, VA 0.4 mi
22202 Arlington, VA 0.4 mi
22243 Arlington, VA 0.7 mi
22305 Alexandria, VA 1.1 mi
20242 Washington, DC 1.7 mi
22214 Arlington, VA 1.8 mi
20024 Washington, DC 1.9 mi
22206 Arlington, VA 1.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22242?

22242 is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.8509, -77.0523.

What county is 22242 in?

22242 lies in Arlington County.

What area code is 22242?

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

What time zone is 22242 in?

22242 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22242?

The closest are 22245 (0.1 mi), 22244 (0.2 mi), 22240 (0.4 mi), 22202 (0.4 mi) and 22243 (0.7 mi).

Is 22242 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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