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24738

ZIP 24738 is Nemours, West Virginia, in Mercer County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mercer
Metro area
Bluefield, WV-VA
Population
0
Coordinates
37.3032, -81.3201
☼ Live from 24738 — Nemours, WV

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Where 24738 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 24738
  • 🔢 Type 24738 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BELhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,738 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 19 × 31. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110000010100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24737 (Montcalm, WV, 5 mi away) and 24739 (Princeton, WV, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24738 becomes 83742, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23487, 23847, 23874, 24378, 24873, 27438, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83724 in Boise, ID, 1,870 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯947 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24738 and you would come out at 37.30°S, 98.68°E — 1,043 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
  • 📏 At 0.171 square miles of land, 24738 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 83 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
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Population density0.0 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 24738

ZIPCityDistance
24751 Wolfe, WV 0.6 mi
24635 Pocahontas, VA 1.6 mi
24715 Bramwell, WV 2.3 mi
24724 Freeman, WV 2.4 mi
24613 Falls Mills, VA 2.8 mi
24606 Boissevain, VA 4.0 mi
24861 Maybeury, WV 4.3 mi
24737 Montcalm, WV 4.6 mi
24605 Bluefield, VA 5.6 mi
24808 Anawalt, WV 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24738?

24738 is in Nemours, West Virginia, in Mercer County, part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3032, -81.3201.

What county is 24738 in?

24738 lies in Mercer County.

What area code is 24738?

Nemours uses area codes 304 and 681, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 24738 in?

24738 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 24738?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 24738. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 24738?

The closest are 24751 (0.6 mi), 24635 (1.6 mi), 24715 (2.3 mi), 24724 (2.4 mi) and 24613 (2.8 mi).

Is 24738 a PO Box ZIP code?

24738 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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