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23806

ZIP 23806 is Virginia State University, Virginia, in Petersburg City; area codes 804 and 686; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Metro area
Richmond, VA
Coordinates
37.2327, -77.3850

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 23803, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 23806 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 23806
  • 🔢 Type 23806 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOBEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,806 = 2 × 11903. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110011111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23805 (Petersburg, VA, 7 mi away) and 23821 (Alberta, VA, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23806 becomes 60832, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02368, 02638, 02836, 02863, 03268, 03826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83602 in Banks, ID, 2,066 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,157 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23806 and you would come out at 37.23°S, 102.61°E — 836 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees101This ZIP101
Annual payroll$3,293,000This ZIP$3,293,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 23806

ZIPCityDistance
23804 Petersburg, VA 2.0 mi
23801 Fort Lee, VA 2.7 mi
23834 Colonial Heights, VA 4.1 mi
23803 Petersburg, VA 4.9 mi
23805 Petersburg, VA 7.0 mi
23875 Prince George, VA 7.1 mi
23831 Chester, VA 8.6 mi
23836 Chester, VA 8.7 mi
23860 Hopewell, VA 9.1 mi
23885 Sutherland, VA 11.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23806?

23806 is in Virginia State University, Virginia, in Petersburg city, part of the Richmond, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2327, -77.3850.

What county is 23806 in?

23806 lies in Petersburg city.

What area code is 23806?

Virginia State University uses area codes 804 and 686, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 23806 in?

23806 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23806?

The closest are 23804 (2 mi), 23801 (2.7 mi), 23834 (4.1 mi), 23803 (4.9 mi) and 23805 (7 mi).

Is 23806 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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