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24505

ZIP 24505 is in Lynchburg, Virginia, in Lynchburg City; area code 434; Eastern time. Lynchburg has 9 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Metro area
Lynchburg, VA
Coordinates
37.4138, -79.1422

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 24504, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24505 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 24505
  • 🔢 Type 24505 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOShZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,505 = 5 × 13 × 13 × 29. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111110111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24504 (Lynchburg, VA, 6 mi away) and 24506 (Lynchburg, VA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24505 becomes 50542 — and that is a real ZIP code: Goldfield, IA, 864 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02455, 02554, 04255, 05254, 05452, 20554, …). The farthest-flung twin is 55402 in Minneapolis, MN, 899 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,060 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24505 and you would come out at 37.41°S, 100.86°E — 931 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees276This ZIP276
Annual payroll$11,626,000This ZIP$11,626,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 24505

ZIPCityDistance
24514 Lynchburg, VA 2.2 mi
24506 Lynchburg, VA 2.4 mi
24501 Lynchburg, VA 3.7 mi
24572 Madison Heights, VA 4.4 mi
24515 Lynchburg, VA 4.6 mi
24502 Lynchburg, VA 5.8 mi
24503 Lynchburg, VA 6.1 mi
24504 Lynchburg, VA 6.2 mi
24538 Concord, VA 9.7 mi
24595 Sweet Briar, VA 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24505?

24505 is in Lynchburg, Virginia, in Lynchburg city, part of the Lynchburg, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.4138, -79.1422.

What county is 24505 in?

24505 lies in Lynchburg city.

What area code is 24505?

Lynchburg uses area code 434, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 24505 in?

24505 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24505?

The closest are 24514 (2.2 mi), 24506 (2.4 mi), 24501 (3.7 mi), 24572 (4.4 mi) and 24515 (4.6 mi).

Is 24505 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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