| City: | Ark, Virginia |
| Names to Avoid: | Akk |
| County: | Gloucester County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:09:04 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 686 / 804 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 37.4383, -76.5764 |
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Ark is a small postal facility in Gloucester County, Virginia, serving 204 PO Boxes along the George Washington Memorial Highway. This is a PO Box Only Zone, meaning there's no alternative mail delivery for the surrounding area. The post office operates from a point location within the larger 23061 ZIP code territory.
Despite having virtually no resident population at its center, Ark maintains both PO Box services and limited street delivery along the George Washington Memorial Highway. The facility serves 27 business delivery points in addition to its PO Box customers. Census data shows no residential population within the immediate postal facility area, with only one single-family dwelling recorded. This pattern is typical of highway crossroads communities where the post office serves a broader rural area.
The community has a non-mailing alias of "AKK," though mail should be addressed using "Ark" as the city name. The post office has operated since before October 2004, when the USPS tracking system began recording ZIP introduction dates.
Proper mailing format:
PO Box [number]
Ark, VA 23003All street delivery concentrates along George Washington Memorial Highway with unit designators.
ZIP Code 23003 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 5 business establishments, employing about 11 people with an annual payroll of $254,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 267Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 5Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $72,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $254,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 11Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 23003 is located in Gloucester County, Virginia, within the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 47260) and Virginia's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,671,683 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 23003. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 47260Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,671,683Source: Census |
| MSA: | Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NCSource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3684.32 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 23003 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.