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24640

ZIP 24640 is Red Ash, Virginia, in Tazewell County; area code 276; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Tazewell
Metro area
Bluefield, WV-VA
Coordinates
37.1134, -81.8710

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 24639, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24640 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 24640
  • 🔢 Type 24640 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhghZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,640 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 11. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110000001000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24639 (Raven, VA, 4 mi away) and 24641 (Richlands, VA, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24640 becomes 04642 — and that is a real ZIP code: Harborside, ME, 845 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02446, 02464, 02644, 04426, 04462, 04624, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04462 in Millinocket, ME, 906 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯922 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24640 and you would come out at 37.11°S, 98.13°E — 1,068 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 24640

ZIPCityDistance
24612 Doran, VA 1.4 mi
24647 Shortt Gap, VA 3.0 mi
24649 Swords Creek, VA 3.2 mi
24641 Richlands, VA 3.8 mi
24639 Raven, VA 4.4 mi
24657 Whitewood, VA 8.0 mi
24609 Cedar Bluff, VA 8.0 mi
24622 Jewell Ridge, VA 8.3 mi
24646 Rowe, VA 8.7 mi
24624 Keen Mountain, VA 8.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24640?

24640 is in Red Ash, Virginia, in Tazewell County, part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1134, -81.8710.

What county is 24640 in?

24640 lies in Tazewell County.

What area code is 24640?

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

What time zone is 24640 in?

24640 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24640?

The closest are 24612 (1.4 mi), 24647 (3 mi), 24649 (3.2 mi), 24641 (3.8 mi) and 24639 (4.4 mi).

Is 24640 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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