| City: | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| City Alias: | Virginia Bch |
| Names to Avoid: | Lillian Vernon |
| County: | Virginia Beach City County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:51:14 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 757 / 948 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 36.8526, -75.9783 |
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Lillian Vernon Corporation, the pioneering catalog company founded in 1951 by Lillian Vernon, operates under dedicated ZIP code 23479 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. When Vernon took her company public in 1987 on the American Stock Exchange, she became the first woman to found a publicly traded company on that exchange. Proceeds from the offering funded a $25 million National Distribution Center in Virginia Beach, which opened in 1988 and became the hub for processing millions of catalog orders annually.
This unique postal designation has served the Virginia Beach fulfillment operations for more than two decades, predating USPS digital tracking. Postal records identify delivery points for both Lillian Vernon Incorporated and Time Life at this location, indicating shared catalog fulfillment infrastructure. The facility lies near Northeast Virginia Beach, approximately 0.4 miles from the North Central neighborhood and 0.7 miles from Oceana Naval Air Station. Census demographic data is not available for this commercial operation. Virginia Beach is the valid mailing city.
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 23479 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 23479 is located in Virginia Beach City County, Virginia, within the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 47260) and Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,782,590 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 23479. 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: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 991.68 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 5182000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Virginia Beach city; VirginiaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 23479 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.