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22523

ZIP 22523 is Morattico, Virginia, in Lancaster County; area code 804; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lancaster
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.7928, -76.6093

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 22523 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 22523
  • 🔢 Type 22523 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZSZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,523 = 101 × 223. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011111111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22520 (Montross, VA, 25 mi away) and 22524 (Mount Holly, VA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22523 becomes 32522 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pensacola, FL, 791 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23225, 25322, 32225, 32522, 35222, 52223, …). The farthest-flung twin is 52232 in Hartwick, IA, 879 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,188 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22523 and you would come out at 37.79°S, 103.39°E — 813 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 22523

ZIPCityDistance
22528 Nuttsville, VA 3.2 mi
23079 Jamaica, VA 5.2 mi
22460 Farnham, VA 5.3 mi
22548 Sharps, VA 5.6 mi
22517 Mollusk, VA 5.8 mi
22507 Lively, VA 5.9 mi
22503 Lancaster, VA 5.9 mi
23180 Water View, VA 6.3 mi
22504 Laneview, VA 6.3 mi
22513 Merry Point, VA 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22523?

22523 is in Morattico, Virginia, in Lancaster County. Its published point location is 37.7928, -76.6093.

What county is 22523 in?

22523 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 22523?

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

What time zone is 22523 in?

22523 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22523?

The closest are 22528 (3.2 mi), 23079 (5.2 mi), 22460 (5.3 mi), 22548 (5.6 mi) and 22517 (5.8 mi).

Is 22523 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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