Athens West Virginia ZIP Codes

Athens holds a single ZIP code.

Every ZIP code in Athens

The complete list of Athens, West Virginia ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP code	County
24712	Mercer County

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Athens codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Athens. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every Athens ZIP code begins 247. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of West Virginia. Statewide that range covers 19 ZIP codes, so Athens accounts for 5% of it.

Every West Virginia ZIP prefix and the region it covers →

Area codes covering Athens

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The codes below serve the same ground Athens occupies.

Athens West Virginia area codes in full →

Where Athens's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Athens ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Cities near Athens

The closest places to Athens with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
City	Distance	ZIP codes
Princeton West Virginia ZIP codes	5.8 mi	2 ZIP codes
Peterstown West Virginia ZIP codes	12 mi	1 ZIP code
Odd West Virginia ZIP codes	15 mi	1 ZIP code
Bluefield West Virginia ZIP codes	15 mi	1 ZIP code
Bramwell West Virginia ZIP codes	17 mi	1 ZIP code
Hinton West Virginia ZIP codes	19 mi	1 ZIP code
Daniels West Virginia ZIP codes	22 mi	1 ZIP code
Northfork West Virginia ZIP codes	23 mi	1 ZIP code

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