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24050

ZIP 24050 is in Roanoke, Virginia, in Botetourt County; area codes 540 and 826; Eastern time. Roanoke has 41 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Botetourt
Metro area
Roanoke, VA
Coordinates
37.5551, -79.7862

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 24066, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24050 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 24050
  • 🔢 Type 24050 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSOhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,050 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 13 × 37. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110111110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24043 (Roanoke, VA, 21 mi away) and 24053 (Ararat, VA, 77 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24050 becomes 05042 — and that is a real ZIP code: East Ryegate, VT, 611 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02045, 02054, 02540, 04250, 05042, 05402, …). The farthest-flung twin is 54020 in Osceola, WI, 852 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,024 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24050 and you would come out at 37.56°S, 100.21°E — 967 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 24050

ZIPCityDistance
24066 Buchanan, VA 6.0 mi
24090 Fincastle, VA 6.2 mi
24085 Eagle Rock, VA 9.7 mi
24122 Montvale, VA 10.3 mi
24130 Oriskany, VA 11.6 mi
24064 Blue Ridge, VA 12.4 mi
24083 Daleville, VA 12.7 mi
24438 Glen Wilton, VA 13.8 mi
24578 Natural Bridge, VA 14.2 mi
24175 Troutville, VA 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24050?

24050 is in Roanoke, Virginia, in Botetourt County, part of the Roanoke, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.5551, -79.7862.

What county is 24050 in?

24050 lies in Botetourt County.

What area code is 24050?

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

What time zone is 24050 in?

24050 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24050?

The closest are 24066 (6 mi), 24090 (6.2 mi), 24085 (9.7 mi), 24122 (10.3 mi) and 24130 (11.6 mi).

Is 24050 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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