Petersburg Virginia ZIP Codes

Petersburg holds 3 ZIP codes, all inside one independent city and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in Petersburg

The complete list of Petersburg, Virginia ZIP codes with the independent city each falls in.
ZIP code	Independent city
23803	Petersburg city
23804	Petersburg city
23805	Petersburg city

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP.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 Petersburg codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Petersburg. 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 Petersburg ZIP code begins 238. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of Virginia. Statewide that range covers 59 ZIP codes, so Petersburg accounts for 5% of it.

Every Virginia ZIP prefix and the region it covers →

Area codes covering Petersburg

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 Petersburg occupies.

Petersburg Virginia area codes in full →

Where Petersburg's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Petersburg ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates. The outline is the convex envelope of those points — a footprint, not a boundary.

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

Cities near Petersburg

The closest places to Petersburg with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
City	Distance	ZIP codes
Colonial Heights Virginia ZIP codes	3.9 mi	1 ZIP code
Hopewell Virginia ZIP codes	7.9 mi	1 ZIP code
Stony Creek Virginia ZIP codes	18 mi	1 ZIP code
Waverly Virginia ZIP codes	20 mi	2 ZIP codes
Henrico Virginia ZIP codes	20 mi	11 ZIP codes
Richmond Virginia ZIP codes	23 mi	39 ZIP codes
Claremont Virginia ZIP codes	24 mi	1 ZIP code
Jarratt Virginia ZIP codes	27 mi	2 ZIP codes

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