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23131

ZIP 23131 is Ordinary, Virginia, in Gloucester County; area code 804; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gloucester
Coordinates
37.3122, -76.5188

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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Where 23131 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 23131
  • 🔢 Type 23131 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEIEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 23131 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101001011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23130 (Onemo, VA, 15 mi away) and 23138 (Port Haywood, VA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23131 becomes 13132 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pennellville, NY, 412 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11233, 12133, 13123, 13132, 13312, 13321, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33112 in Miami, FL, 827 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,201 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23131 and you would come out at 37.31°S, 103.48°E — 794 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees72This ZIP72
Annual payroll$3,025,000This ZIP$3,025,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 23131

ZIPCityDistance
23184 Wicomico, VA 1.6 mi
23062 Gloucester Point, VA 3.5 mi
23183 White Marsh, VA 3.6 mi
23072 Hayes, VA 4.2 mi
23018 Bena, VA 4.5 mi
23691 Yorktown, VA 4.7 mi
23001 Achilles, VA 5.4 mi
23690 Yorktown, VA 6.4 mi
23154 Schley, VA 6.4 mi
23107 Maryus, VA 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23131?

23131 is in Ordinary, Virginia, in Gloucester County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3122, -76.5188.

What county is 23131 in?

23131 lies in Gloucester County.

What area code is 23131?

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

What time zone is 23131 in?

23131 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23131?

The closest are 23184 (1.6 mi), 23062 (3.5 mi), 23183 (3.6 mi), 23072 (4.2 mi) and 23018 (4.5 mi).

Is 23131 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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