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02298

ZIP 02298 is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County; area codes 617 and 857; Eastern time. Boston has 36 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Coordinates
42.3823, -71.0323

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 02128, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 02298
  • 🔢 Type 02298 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGZZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,298 = 2 × 3 × 383. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02297 (Boston, MA, 2 mi away) and 02301 (Brockton, MA, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02298 becomes 89220, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02829, 02892, 09228, 09822, 20289, 20892, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09822 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,026 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,439 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02298 and you would come out at 42.38°S, 108.97°E — 814 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 02298

ZIPCityDistance
02150 Chelsea, MA 1.0 mi
02109 Boston, MA 1.4 mi
02129 Charlestown, MA 1.5 mi
02113 Boston, MA 1.7 mi
02128 Boston, MA 1.9 mi
02110 Boston, MA 1.9 mi
02149 Everett, MA 2.0 mi
02203 Boston, MA 2.0 mi
02222 Boston, MA 2.0 mi
02117 Boston, MA 2.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02298?

02298 is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3823, -71.0323.

What county is 02298 in?

02298 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 02298?

Boston uses area codes 617 and 857, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 02298 in?

02298 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02298?

The closest are 02150 (1 mi), 02109 (1.4 mi), 02129 (1.5 mi), 02113 (1.7 mi) and 02128 (1.9 mi).

Is 02298 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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