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22581

ZIP 22581 is Zacata, Virginia, in Westmoreland County; area codes 804 and 686; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Westmoreland
Metro area
none
Coordinates
38.1218, -76.7903

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 22520, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 22581 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 22581
  • 🔢 Type 22581 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBSZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,581 = 3 × 3 × 13 × 193. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100000110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22580 (Woodford, VA, 35 mi away) and 22601 (Winchester, VA, 104 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22581 becomes 18522, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12528, 12582, 12852, 15228, 15282, 15822, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85122 in Casa Grande, AZ, 1,986 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,173 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22581 and you would come out at 38.12°S, 103.21°E — 832 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 22581

ZIPCityDistance
22520 Montross, VA 1.2 mi
22558 Stratford, VA 3.3 mi
22524 Mount Holly, VA 6.0 mi
20626 Coltons Point, MD 8.1 mi
22442 Coles Point, VA 8.5 mi
22469 Hague, VA 8.9 mi
22529 Oldhams, VA 9.4 mi
20606 Abell, MD 9.8 mi
20625 Cobb Island, MD 9.8 mi
20661 Mount Victoria, MD 10.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22581?

22581 is in Zacata, Virginia, in Westmoreland County. Its published point location is 38.1218, -76.7903.

What county is 22581 in?

22581 lies in Westmoreland County.

What area code is 22581?

Zacata uses area codes 804 and 686, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 22581 in?

22581 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22581?

The closest are 22520 (1.2 mi), 22558 (3.3 mi), 22524 (6 mi), 20626 (8.1 mi) and 22442 (8.5 mi).

Is 22581 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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