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24218

ZIP 24218 is Ben Hur, Virginia, in Lee County; area code 276; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lee
Metro area
none
Coordinates
36.7435, -83.2234

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 40820, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24218 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 24218
  • 🔢 Type 24218 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIZhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,218 = 2 × 12109. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111010011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24217 (Bee, VA, 63 mi away) and 24219 (Big Stone Gap, VA, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24218 becomes 81242 — and that is a real ZIP code: Poncha Springs, CO, 1,253 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12248, 12428, 12482, 12824, 12842, 14228, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84122 in Salt Lake City, UT, 1,563 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯858 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24218 and you would come out at 36.74°S, 96.78°E — 1,136 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 24218

ZIPCityDistance
40815 Cawood, KY 3.4 mi
40820 Cranks, KY 5.2 mi
40818 Coalgood, KY 5.5 mi
40829 Grays Knob, KY 5.7 mi
40831 Harlan, KY 5.9 mi
24263 Jonesville, VA 6.1 mi
40830 Gulston, KY 6.4 mi
40964 Mary Alice, KY 6.9 mi
40801 Ages Brookside, KY 8.0 mi
40847 Kenvir, KY 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24218?

24218 is in Ben Hur, Virginia, in Lee County. Its published point location is 36.7435, -83.2234.

What county is 24218 in?

24218 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 24218?

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

What time zone is 24218 in?

24218 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24218?

The closest are 40815 (3.4 mi), 40820 (5.2 mi), 40818 (5.5 mi), 40829 (5.7 mi) and 40831 (5.9 mi).

Is 24218 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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