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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/23609

23609

ZIP 23609 is in Newport News, Virginia, in Newport News City; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time. Newport News has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
37.1959, -76.5248

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 23690, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 23609 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 23609
  • 🔢 Type 23609 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOgEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 23609 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110000111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23608 (Newport News, VA, 3 mi away) and 23612 (Newport News, VA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23609 becomes 90632 — and that is a real ZIP code: La Habra, CA, 2,321 miles away.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02639, 03269, 06239, 09263, 20639, 20693, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96203 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,060 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,203 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23609 and you would come out at 37.20°S, 103.48°E — 791 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees70This ZIP70
Annual payroll$1,882,000This ZIP$1,882,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 23609

ZIPCityDistance
23612 Newport News, VA 0.0 mi
23628 Newport News, VA 0.0 mi
23690 Yorktown, VA 1.7 mi
23603 Newport News, VA 2.2 mi
23694 Lackey, VA 2.7 mi
23608 Newport News, VA 3.5 mi
23062 Gloucester Point, VA 4.7 mi
23691 Yorktown, VA 5.1 mi
23602 Newport News, VA 5.7 mi
23696 Seaford, VA 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23609?

23609 is in Newport News, Virginia, in Newport News city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1959, -76.5248.

What county is 23609 in?

23609 lies in Newport News city.

What area code is 23609?

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

What time zone is 23609 in?

23609 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23609?

The closest are 23612 (0 mi), 23628 (0 mi), 23690 (1.7 mi), 23603 (2.2 mi) and 23694 (2.7 mi).

Is 23609 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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