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24205

ZIP 24205 is in Bristol, Virginia, in Bristol City; area code 276; Eastern time. Bristol has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 24201, 24202, 24203 and 24209.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bristol city
Coordinates
36.5950, -82.1819

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 24201, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 24205
  • 🔢 Type 24205 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOZhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,205 = 5 × 47 × 103. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111010001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24203 (Bristol, VA, 0 mi away) and 24209 (Bristol, VA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24205 becomes 50242 — and that is a real ZIP code: Searsboro, IA, 659 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02452, 02542, 04225, 04252, 20245, 20254, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04225 in Dryden, ME, 835 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯916 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24205 and you would come out at 36.59°S, 97.82°E — 1,077 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 24205

ZIPCityDistance
37625 Bristol, TN 0.4 mi
24203 Bristol, VA 0.4 mi
24209 Bristol, VA 0.4 mi
24201 Bristol, VA 1.3 mi
24202 Bristol, VA 4.6 mi
37620 Bristol, TN 5.8 mi
37621 Bristol, TN 7.8 mi
37618 Bluff City, TN 9.4 mi
24270 Mendota, VA 10.1 mi
37617 Blountville, TN 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24205?

24205 is in Bristol, Virginia, in Bristol city, part of the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5950, -82.1819.

What county is 24205 in?

24205 lies in Bristol city.

What area code is 24205?

Bristol uses area code 276, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 24205 in?

24205 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24205?

The closest are 37625 (0.4 mi), 24203 (0.4 mi), 24209 (0.4 mi), 24201 (1.3 mi) and 24202 (4.6 mi).

Is 24205 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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