Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/23412

23412

ZIP 23412 is Modest Town, Virginia, in Accomack County; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Accomack
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.7904, -75.6035

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 23421, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

☼ Live from 23412 — Modest Town, VA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 23412 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 23412
  • 🔢 Type 23412 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIhEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,412 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 1951. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101101110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23410 (Melfa, VA, 13 mi away) and 23413 (Nassawadox, VA, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23412 becomes 21432, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12234, 12243, 12423, 12432, 13224, 14223, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34212 in Bradenton, FL, 813 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,242 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23412 and you would come out at 37.79°S, 104.40°E — 764 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
🌙 The sky over 23412 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

Land area

ZIP codes near 23412

ZIPCityDistance
23421 Parksley, VA 1.8 mi
23414 Nelsonia, VA 1.9 mi
23308 Bloxom, VA 3.0 mi
23357 Greenbush, VA 4.6 mi
23407 Mappsville, VA 4.7 mi
23302 Assawoman, VA 6.4 mi
23359 Hallwood, VA 6.7 mi
23409 Mears, VA 7.5 mi
23441 Tasley, VA 7.5 mi
23442 Temperanceville, VA 7.6 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 23412 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23412?

23412 is in Modest Town, Virginia, in Accomack County. Its published point location is 37.7904, -75.6035.

What county is 23412 in?

23412 lies in Accomack County.

What area code is 23412?

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

What time zone is 23412 in?

23412 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23412?

The closest are 23421 (1.8 mi), 23414 (1.9 mi), 23308 (3 mi), 23357 (4.6 mi) and 23407 (4.7 mi).

Is 23412 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.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “23412 ZIP Code — Modest Town, Virginia (Accomack County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/23412

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/23412.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.