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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/23187

23187

ZIP 23187 is in Williamsburg, Virginia, in Williamsburg City; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time. Williamsburg has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 23185, 23186 and 23188.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
37.3105, -76.7468

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 23188, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 23187 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 23187
  • 🔢 Type 23187 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBIEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,187 = 3 × 59 × 131. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101010010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23186 (Williamsburg, VA, 0 mi away) and 23188 (Williamsburg, VA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23187 becomes 78132 — and that is a real ZIP code: New Braunfels, TX, 1,337 miles away.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12738, 12783, 12837, 12873, 13782, 13827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83712 in Boise, ID, 2,093 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,189 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23187 and you would come out at 37.31°S, 103.25°E — 806 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 establishments25This ZIP25
Employees323This ZIP323
Annual payroll$8,139,000This ZIP$8,139,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 23187

ZIPCityDistance
23186 Williamsburg, VA 0.0 mi
23090 Lightfoot, VA 2.1 mi
23188 Williamsburg, VA 2.1 mi
23127 Norge, VA 4.2 mi
23185 Williamsburg, VA 5.5 mi
23168 Toano, VA 7.3 mi
23081 Jamestown, VA 8.1 mi
23691 Yorktown, VA 10.2 mi
23003 Ark, VA 11.6 mi
23694 Lackey, VA 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23187?

23187 is in Williamsburg, Virginia, in Williamsburg city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3105, -76.7468.

What county is 23187 in?

23187 lies in Williamsburg city.

What area code is 23187?

Williamsburg uses area codes 757 and 948, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 23187 in?

23187 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23187?

The closest are 23186 (0 mi), 23090 (2.1 mi), 23188 (2.1 mi), 23127 (4.2 mi) and 23185 (5.5 mi).

Is 23187 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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