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23541

ZIP 23541 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
Coordinates
36.9312, -76.2397

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 23503, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 23541 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 23541
  • 🔢 Type 23541 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhSEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,541 = 3 × 7 × 19 × 59. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101111110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23529 (Norfolk, VA, 0 mi away) and 23551 (Norfolk, VA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23541 becomes 14532 — and that is a real ZIP code: Phelps, NY, 419 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12345, 12435, 12453, 12534, 12543, 13425, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51234 in Boyden, IA, 1,128 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,223 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23541 and you would come out at 36.93°S, 103.76°E — 770 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees142This ZIP142
Annual payroll$4,449,000This ZIP$4,449,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 23541

ZIPCityDistance
23506 Norfolk, VA 0.0 mi
23515 Norfolk, VA 0.0 mi
23519 Norfolk, VA 0.0 mi
23529 Norfolk, VA 0.0 mi
23518 Norfolk, VA 1.7 mi
23503 Norfolk, VA 1.9 mi
23513 Norfolk, VA 2.9 mi
23551 Norfolk, VA 3.0 mi
23501 Norfolk, VA 3.0 mi
23505 Norfolk, VA 3.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23541?

23541 is in Norfolk, Virginia, in Norfolk city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9312, -76.2397.

What county is 23541 in?

23541 lies in Norfolk city.

What area code is 23541?

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

What time zone is 23541 in?

23541 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23541?

The closest are 23506 (0 mi), 23515 (0 mi), 23519 (0 mi), 23529 (0 mi) and 23518 (1.7 mi).

Is 23541 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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