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24042

ZIP 24042 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
37.2717, -79.9392

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 24011, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24042 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 24042
  • 🔢 Type 24042 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhOhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆24042 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,042 = 2 × 3 × 4007. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110111101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24040 (Roanoke, VA, 1 mi away) and 24043 (Roanoke, VA, 0 mi away).
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04224, 04422, 20244, 20424, 20442, 22044, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04422 in Charleston, ME, 781 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,021 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24042 and you would come out at 37.27°S, 100.06°E — 969 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 24042

ZIPCityDistance
24023 Roanoke, VA 0.1 mi
24011 Roanoke, VA 0.2 mi
24043 Roanoke, VA 0.2 mi
24022 Roanoke, VA 0.4 mi
24016 Roanoke, VA 0.9 mi
24013 Roanoke, VA 1.0 mi
24001 Roanoke, VA 1.0 mi
24002 Roanoke, VA 1.0 mi
24003 Roanoke, VA 1.0 mi
24004 Roanoke, VA 1.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24042?

24042 is in Roanoke, Virginia, in Roanoke city, part of the Roanoke, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2717, -79.9392.

What county is 24042 in?

24042 lies in Roanoke city.

What area code is 24042?

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

What time zone is 24042 in?

24042 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24042?

The closest are 24023 (0.1 mi), 24011 (0.2 mi), 24043 (0.2 mi), 24022 (0.4 mi) and 24016 (0.9 mi).

Is 24042 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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