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22909

ZIP 22909 is in Charlottesville, Virginia, in Albemarle County; area code 434; Eastern time. Charlottesville has 11 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Albemarle
Metro area
Charlottesville, VA
Coordinates
38.0245, -78.4482

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 22911, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 22909 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 22909
  • 🔢 Type 22909 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOGZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,909 = 31 × 739. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100101111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22908 (Charlottesville, VA, 3 mi away) and 22910 (Charlottesville, VA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22909 becomes 90922, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09229, 20299, 29209, 29290, 29902, 29920, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09229 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,137 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,087 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22909 and you would come out at 38.02°S, 101.55°E — 911 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees1,163This ZIP1,163
Annual payroll$116,422,000This ZIP$116,422,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 22909

ZIPCityDistance
22905 Charlottesville, VA 2.3 mi
22906 Charlottesville, VA 2.3 mi
22907 Charlottesville, VA 2.3 mi
22910 Charlottesville, VA 2.3 mi
22908 Charlottesville, VA 2.7 mi
22904 Charlottesville, VA 3.5 mi
22911 Charlottesville, VA 5.4 mi
22947 Keswick, VA 6.9 mi
22901 Charlottesville, VA 7.2 mi
22903 Charlottesville, VA 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22909?

22909 is in Charlottesville, Virginia, in Albemarle County, part of the Charlottesville, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0245, -78.4482.

What county is 22909 in?

22909 lies in Albemarle County.

What area code is 22909?

Charlottesville uses area code 434, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 22909 in?

22909 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22909?

The closest are 22905 (2.3 mi), 22906 (2.3 mi), 22907 (2.3 mi), 22910 (2.3 mi) and 22908 (2.7 mi).

Is 22909 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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