ZIP Code 24740

24740 is one of West Virginia's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Princeton, Mercer County.

City: Princeton
County: Mercer County
State: West Virginia
Prefix: 247xx

Where this code sits

24740 is part of the 247xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Princeton is served by 2 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Princeton page.

Princeton West Virginia ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 24740 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

ZIP codes nearest 24740

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 24740.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 24739	1.3 mi	Princeton, WV
ZIP code 24731	1.4 mi	Kegley, WV
ZIP code 24747	4.1 mi	Rock, WV
ZIP code 25922	5.6 mi	Spanishburg, WV
ZIP code 24733	6.8 mi	Lashmeet, WV
ZIP code 25820	7.2 mi	Camp Creek, WV
ZIP code 24736	7.4 mi	Matoaka, WV
ZIP code 24712	7.5 mi	Athens, WV

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 24740, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 24740. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.