23501

ZIP 23501 is in Norfolk, Virginia, in Norfolk City; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time. Norfolk has 21 ZIP codes in all.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Norfolk city
Metro area: Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
Coordinates: 36.8959, -76.2085

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 23502, 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 23501

🔢 Type 23501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOSEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 23,501 = 71 × 331. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101111001101
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23488 (Withams, VA, 80 mi away) and 23502 (Norfolk, VA, 2 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 23501 becomes 10532 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hawthorne, NY, 318 miles away.
👥 73 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01235, 01253, 01523, 01532, 02135, 02153, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51023 in Hawarden, IA, 1,149 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
🎯1,225 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23501 and you would come out at 36.90°S, 103.79°E — 767 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.

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Business and tax activity

Business establishments	16This ZIP16
Employees	160This ZIP160
Annual payroll	$10,607,000This ZIP$10,607,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 23501

ZIP	City	Distance
`23518`	Norfolk, VA	1.4 mi
`23513`	Norfolk, VA	1.7 mi
`23502`	Norfolk, VA	2.4 mi
`23459`	Virginia Beach, VA	2.5 mi
`23506`	Norfolk, VA	3.0 mi
`23515`	Norfolk, VA	3.0 mi
`23519`	Norfolk, VA	3.0 mi
`23529`	Norfolk, VA	3.0 mi
`23541`	Norfolk, VA	3.0 mi
`23509`	Norfolk, VA	3.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23501?

23501 is in Norfolk, Virginia, in Norfolk city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8959, -76.2085.

What county is 23501 in?

23501 lies in Norfolk city.

What area code is 23501?

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

What time zone is 23501 in?

23501 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23501?

The closest are 23518 (1.4 mi), 23513 (1.7 mi), 23502 (2.4 mi), 23459 (2.5 mi) and 23506 (3 mi).

Is 23501 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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