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22552

ZIP 22552 is Sparta, Virginia, in Caroline County; area code 804; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caroline
Metro area
none
Coordinates
38.0094, -77.2251

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 22427, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 22552 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 22552
  • 🔢 Type 22552 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSSZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,552 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2819. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100000011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22551 (Spotsylvania, VA, 29 mi away) and 22553 (Spotsylvania, VA, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22552 becomes 25522, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25252, 52225, 52252). The farthest-flung twin is 52225 in Elberon, IA, 844 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,152 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22552 and you would come out at 38.01°S, 102.77°E — 850 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 22552

ZIPCityDistance
22427 Bowling Green, VA 5.6 mi
22514 Milford, VA 5.7 mi
22428 Bowling Green, VA 7.2 mi
23126 Newtown, VA 7.4 mi
22535 Port Royal, VA 7.7 mi
22436 Caret, VA 7.8 mi
22476 Hustle, VA 8.8 mi
22509 Loretto, VA 10.6 mi
22438 Champlain, VA 12.7 mi
22546 Ruther Glen, VA 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22552?

22552 is in Sparta, Virginia, in Caroline County. Its published point location is 38.0094, -77.2251.

What county is 22552 in?

22552 lies in Caroline County.

What area code is 22552?

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

What time zone is 22552 in?

22552 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22552?

The closest are 22427 (5.6 mi), 22514 (5.7 mi), 22428 (7.2 mi), 23126 (7.4 mi) and 22535 (7.7 mi).

Is 22552 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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