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24157

ZIP 24157 is in Salem, Virginia, in Salem City; area codes 540 and 826; Eastern time. Salem has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 24153 and 24155.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Salem city
Metro area
Roanoke, VA
Coordinates
37.2884, -80.0671

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 24153, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24157 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 24157
  • 🔢 Type 24157 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSIhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,157 = 7 × 7 × 17 × 29. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111001011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24155 (Salem, VA, 0 mi away) and 24161 (Sandy Level, VA, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24157 becomes 75142 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kaufman, TX, 971 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12457, 12475, 12547, 12574, 12745, 12754, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57421 in Amherst, SD, 1,089 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,014 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24157 and you would come out at 37.29°S, 99.93°E — 976 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 24157

ZIPCityDistance
24155 Salem, VA 0.0 mi
24153 Salem, VA 2.8 mi
24017 Roanoke, VA 4.2 mi
24015 Roanoke, VA 5.2 mi
24018 Roanoke, VA 5.4 mi
24001 Roanoke, VA 6.1 mi
24002 Roanoke, VA 6.1 mi
24003 Roanoke, VA 6.1 mi
24004 Roanoke, VA 6.1 mi
24005 Roanoke, VA 6.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24157?

24157 is in Salem, Virginia, in Salem city, part of the Roanoke, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2884, -80.0671.

What county is 24157 in?

24157 lies in Salem city.

What area code is 24157?

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

What time zone is 24157 in?

24157 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24157?

The closest are 24155 (0 mi), 24153 (2.8 mi), 24017 (4.2 mi), 24015 (5.2 mi) and 24018 (5.4 mi).

Is 24157 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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