23001

ZIP 23001 is Achilles, Virginia, in Gloucester County; area code 804; Eastern time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Gloucester
Metro area: Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
Coordinates: 37.2882, -76.4260

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 23072, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 23001

🔢 Type 23001 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOOEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 23,001 = 3 × 11 × 17 × 41. Its digits add up to 6, a total 90 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100111011001
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22989 (Woodberry Forest, VA, 116 mi away) and 23002 (Amelia Court House, VA, 84 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 23001 becomes 10032 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 279 miles away.
👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01032, 01203, 01230, 01302, 02130, 02301, …). The farthest-flung twin is 30120 in Cartersville, GA, 519 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
🎯1,207 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23001 and you would come out at 37.29°S, 103.57°E — 789 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.

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ZIP codes near 23001

ZIP	City	Distance
`23107`	Maryus, VA	1.2 mi
`23072`	Hayes, VA	1.2 mi
`23018`	Bena, VA	2.0 mi
`23184`	Wicomico, VA	4.6 mi
`23062`	Gloucester Point, VA	4.8 mi
`23692`	Yorktown, VA	5.3 mi
`23131`	Ordinary, VA	5.4 mi
`23696`	Seaford, VA	6.9 mi
`23690`	Yorktown, VA	6.9 mi
`23154`	Schley, VA	7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23001?

23001 is in Achilles, Virginia, in Gloucester County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2882, -76.4260.

What county is 23001 in?

23001 lies in Gloucester County.

What area code is 23001?

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

What time zone is 23001 in?

23001 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23001?

The closest are 23107 (1.2 mi), 23072 (1.2 mi), 23018 (2 mi), 23184 (4.6 mi) and 23062 (4.8 mi).

Is 23001 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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