| City: | Ordinary, Virginia |
| County: | Gloucester County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:46:59 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 686 / 804 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 37.3155, -76.5139 |
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The nine businesses that call this ZIP home rely exclusively on PO Box service. That's the reality for anyone receiving mail at this location. For physical street addresses, residents use neighboring ZIP code 23072, which provides the enclosing service area. This setup isn't unusual in rural Virginia, where small communities cluster around historic crossroads and maintain their identity through local post offices even when carrier delivery routes don't extend to them.
The George Washington Memorial Highway is the only street with postal delivery records here. This historic route connects communities across Gloucester County, and Ordinary's position on this corridor explains its role as a small postal hub despite having no local street delivery.
ZIP Code 23131 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 10 business establishments, employing about 72 people with an annual payroll of $3,025,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 66Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 10Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $708,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,025,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 72Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 23131 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 1,782,590 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 23131. 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: | 1,782,590Source: 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 23131 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 January 1, 2026.