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24402

ZIP 24402 is in Staunton, Virginia, in Staunton City; area codes 540 and 826; Eastern time. Staunton has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 24401.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Staunton city
Coordinates
38.1593, -79.0629

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 24401, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24402 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 24402
  • 🔢 Type 24402 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOhhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,402 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 7 × 83. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111101010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24401 (Staunton, VA, 2 mi away) and 24411 (Augusta Springs, VA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24402 becomes 20442 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 122 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04224, 04422, 20244, 20424, 20442, 22044, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04422 in Charleston, ME, 704 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,052 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24402 and you would come out at 38.16°S, 100.94°E — 945 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees322This ZIP322
Annual payroll$15,731,000This ZIP$15,731,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 24402

ZIPCityDistance
24401 Staunton, VA 2.1 mi
24463 Mint Spring, VA 4.5 mi
24482 Verona, VA 4.6 mi
22939 Fishersville, VA 6.3 mi
24437 Fort Defiance, VA 7.9 mi
24467 Mount Sidney, VA 8.3 mi
24469 New Hope, VA 8.9 mi
24479 Swoope, VA 9.6 mi
22980 Waynesboro, VA 10.7 mi
24477 Stuarts Draft, VA 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24402?

24402 is in Staunton, Virginia, in Staunton city, part of the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.1593, -79.0629.

What county is 24402 in?

24402 lies in Staunton city.

What area code is 24402?

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

What time zone is 24402 in?

24402 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24402?

The closest are 24401 (2.1 mi), 24463 (4.5 mi), 24482 (4.6 mi), 22939 (6.3 mi) and 24437 (7.9 mi).

Is 24402 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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