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22530

ZIP 22530 is Ophelia, Virginia, in Northumberland County; area code 804; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.9094, -76.2934

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 22473, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 22530 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 22530
  • 🔢 Type 22530 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OESZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,530 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 751. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100000000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22529 (Oldhams, VA, 23 mi away) and 22534 (Partlow, VA, 76 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22530 becomes 03522, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02325, 02532, 03225, 03252, 20235, 20523, …). The farthest-flung twin is 50223 in Pilot Mound, IA, 982 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,203 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22530 and you would come out at 37.91°S, 103.71°E — 801 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees3This ZIP3
Annual payroll$162,000This ZIP$162,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 22530

ZIPCityDistance
22539 Reedville, VA 3.4 mi
22456 Edwardsville, VA 3.9 mi
22432 Burgess, VA 4.8 mi
22473 Heathsville, VA 6.7 mi
22579 Wicomico Church, VA 8.3 mi
20687 Scotland, MD 11.0 mi
22482 Kilmarnock, VA 12.3 mi
22511 Lottsburg, VA 12.9 mi
20680 Ridge, MD 14.7 mi
21824 Ewell, MD 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22530?

22530 is in Ophelia, Virginia, in Northumberland County. Its published point location is 37.9094, -76.2934.

What county is 22530 in?

22530 lies in Northumberland County.

What area code is 22530?

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

What time zone is 22530 in?

22530 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22530?

The closest are 22539 (3.4 mi), 22456 (3.9 mi), 22432 (4.8 mi), 22473 (6.7 mi) and 22579 (8.3 mi).

Is 22530 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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