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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/24212

24212

ZIP 24212 is in Abingdon, Virginia, in Washington County; area code 276; Eastern time. Abingdon has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 24210 and 24211.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Washington
Coordinates
36.6909, -81.9708

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 24211, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24212 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 24212
  • 🔢 Type 24212 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIZhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,212 = 2 × 2 × 6053. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111010010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24211 (Abingdon, VA, 3 mi away) and 24215 (Andover, VA, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24212 becomes 21242, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12224, 12242, 12422, 14222, 21224, 22124, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12224 in Albany, NY, 600 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯925 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24212 and you would come out at 36.69°S, 98.03°E — 1,067 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees301This ZIP301
Annual payroll$13,127,000This ZIP$13,127,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 24212

ZIPCityDistance
24211 Abingdon, VA 2.7 mi
24210 Abingdon, VA 6.2 mi
24361 Meadowview, VA 8.7 mi
24327 Emory, VA 9.7 mi
37688 Shady Valley, TN 11.2 mi
37620 Bristol, TN 11.9 mi
24340 Glade Spring, VA 12.0 mi
24201 Bristol, VA 12.3 mi
24205 Bristol, VA 13.4 mi
24202 Bristol, VA 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24212?

24212 is in Abingdon, Virginia, in Washington County, part of the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.6909, -81.9708.

What county is 24212 in?

24212 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 24212?

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

What time zone is 24212 in?

24212 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24212?

The closest are 24211 (2.7 mi), 24210 (6.2 mi), 24361 (8.7 mi), 24327 (9.7 mi) and 37688 (11.2 mi).

Is 24212 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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