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23612

ZIP 23612 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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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 23612
  • 🔢 Type 23612 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIgEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,612 = 2 × 2 × 5903. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110000111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23609 (Newport News, VA, 0 mi away) and 23628 (Newport News, VA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23612 becomes 21632 — and that is a real ZIP code: Federalsburg, MD, 114 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12236, 13622, 16223, 16232, 16322, 21236, …). The farthest-flung twin is 62321 in Carthage, IL, 814 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 23612 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 establishments9This ZIP9
Employees115This ZIP115
Annual payroll$2,939,000This ZIP$2,939,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 23612

ZIPCityDistance
23609 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 23612?

23612 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 23612 in?

23612 lies in Newport News city.

What area code is 23612?

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

What time zone is 23612 in?

23612 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23612?

The closest are 23609 (0 mi), 23628 (0 mi), 23690 (1.7 mi), 23603 (2.2 mi) and 23694 (2.7 mi).

Is 23612 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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