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24027

ZIP 24027 is in Roanoke, Virginia, in Roanoke City; area codes 540 and 826; Eastern time. Roanoke has 41 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Roanoke city
Metro area
Roanoke, VA
Coordinates
37.2742, -79.9579

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 24016, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24027 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 24027
  • 🔢 Type 24027 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZOhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,027 = 3 × 8009. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110111011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24026 (Roanoke, VA, 0 mi away) and 24028 (Roanoke, VA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24027 becomes 72042 — and that is a real ZIP code: De Witt, AR, 669 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02472, 02724, 02742, 04227, 07422, 20427, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74022 in Copan, OK, 882 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,020 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24027 and you would come out at 37.27°S, 100.04°E — 970 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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ZIP codes near 24027

ZIPCityDistance
24001 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi
24002 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi
24003 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi
24004 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi
24005 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi
24006 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi
24007 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi
24008 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi
24009 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi
24010 Roanoke, VA 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24027?

24027 is in Roanoke, Virginia, in Roanoke city, part of the Roanoke, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2742, -79.9579.

What county is 24027 in?

24027 lies in Roanoke city.

What area code is 24027?

Roanoke uses area codes 540 and 826, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 24027 in?

24027 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24027?

The closest are 24001 (0 mi), 24002 (0 mi), 24003 (0 mi), 24004 (0 mi) and 24005 (0 mi).

Is 24027 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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