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25562

ZIP 25562 is Shoals, West Virginia, in Wayne County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wayne
Coordinates
38.3432, -82.4905

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 25704, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 25562 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 25562
  • 🔢 Type 25562 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgSSZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 25,562 = 2 × 12781. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110001111011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 25560 (Scott Depot, WV, 33 mi away) and 25564 (Sod, WV, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 25562 becomes 26552, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22556, 22565, 22655, 25265, 25526, 25625, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56522 in Campbell, MN, 890 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯868 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 25562 and you would come out at 38.34°S, 97.51°E — 1,124 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 29m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 25562

ZIPCityDistance
25704 Huntington, WV 2.5 mi
25535 Lavalette, WV 3.9 mi
25701 Huntington, WV 4.9 mi
25507 Ceredo, WV 4.9 mi
25530 Kenova, WV 4.9 mi
25708 Huntington, WV 5.8 mi
25709 Huntington, WV 5.8 mi
25710 Huntington, WV 5.8 mi
25717 Huntington, WV 5.8 mi
25718 Huntington, WV 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 25562?

25562 is in Shoals, West Virginia, in Wayne County, part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.3432, -82.4905.

What county is 25562 in?

25562 lies in Wayne County.

What area code is 25562?

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

What time zone is 25562 in?

25562 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 25562?

The closest are 25704 (2.5 mi), 25535 (3.9 mi), 25701 (4.9 mi), 25507 (4.9 mi) and 25530 (4.9 mi).

Is 25562 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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