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22517

ZIP 22517 is Mollusk, Virginia, in Lancaster County; area code 804; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lancaster
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.7301, -76.5380

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 22503, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 22517 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 22517
  • 🔢 Type 22517 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LISZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,517 = 11 × 23 × 89. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011111110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22514 (Milford, VA, 47 mi away) and 22520 (Montross, VA, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22517 becomes 71522, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12257, 12527, 12572, 12725, 12752, 15227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75212 in Dallas, TX, 1,195 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,193 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22517 and you would come out at 37.73°S, 103.46°E — 808 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees15This ZIP15
Annual payroll$681,000This ZIP$681,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 22517

ZIPCityDistance
22503 Lancaster, VA 1.9 mi
22507 Lively, VA 2.4 mi
22513 Merry Point, VA 3.0 mi
22528 Nuttsville, VA 4.4 mi
23180 Water View, VA 4.6 mi
22523 Morattico, VA 5.8 mi
22576 Weems, VA 6.1 mi
23175 Urbanna, VA 7.0 mi
23079 Jamaica, VA 7.7 mi
22480 Irvington, VA 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22517?

22517 is in Mollusk, Virginia, in Lancaster County. Its published point location is 37.7301, -76.5380.

What county is 22517 in?

22517 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 22517?

Mollusk uses area code 804, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 22517 in?

22517 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22517?

The closest are 22503 (1.9 mi), 22507 (2.4 mi), 22513 (3 mi), 22528 (4.4 mi) and 23180 (4.6 mi).

Is 22517 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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