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24143

ZIP 24143 is in Radford, Virginia, in Radford City; area codes 540 and 826; Eastern time. Radford has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 24141 and 24142.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Radford city
Coordinates
37.1226, -80.5629

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 24141, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24143 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 24143
  • 🔢 Type 24143 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhIhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,143 = 7 × 3449. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111001001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24142 (Radford, VA, 1 mi away) and 24146 (Redwood, VA, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24143 becomes 34142 — and that is a real ZIP code: Immokalee, FL, 748 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12434, 12443, 13244, 13424, 13442, 14423, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34142 in Immokalee, FL, 748 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯991 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24143 and you would come out at 37.12°S, 99.44°E — 999 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 establishments10This ZIP10
Employees161This ZIP161
Annual payroll$7,692,000This ZIP$7,692,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 24143

ZIPCityDistance
24141 Radford, VA 1.1 mi
24142 Radford, VA 1.3 mi
24129 New River, VA 2.0 mi
24058 Belspring, VA 5.0 mi
24132 Parrott, VA 7.7 mi
24073 Christiansburg, VA 7.7 mi
24126 Newbern, VA 7.9 mi
24068 Christiansburg, VA 8.3 mi
24084 Dublin, VA 9.1 mi
24111 Mc Coy, VA 9.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24143?

24143 is in Radford, Virginia, in Radford city, part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1226, -80.5629.

What county is 24143 in?

24143 lies in Radford city.

What area code is 24143?

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

What time zone is 24143 in?

24143 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24143?

The closest are 24141 (1.1 mi), 24142 (1.3 mi), 24129 (2 mi), 24058 (5 mi) and 24132 (7.7 mi).

Is 24143 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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