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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/08888

08888

ZIP 08888 is Whitehouse, New Jersey, in Hunterdon County; area code 908; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hunterdon
Coordinates
40.6194, -74.7406

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 08889, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 08888 is

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 08888
  • 🔢 Type 08888 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBBBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,888 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 101. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08887 (Three Bridges, NJ, 7 mi away) and 08889 (Whitehouse Station, NJ, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08888 becomes 88880, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,255 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08888 and you would come out at 40.62°S, 105.26°E — 840 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees332This ZIP332
Annual payroll$31,470,000This ZIP$31,470,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 08888

ZIPCityDistance
08889 Whitehouse Station, NJ 1.0 mi
08870 Readington, NJ 3.5 mi
08876 Somerville, NJ 3.6 mi
07921 Bedminster, NJ 4.1 mi
08833 Lebanon, NJ 4.4 mi
08858 Oldwick, NJ 4.4 mi
07978 Pluckemin, NJ 5.5 mi
08885 Stanton, NJ 5.6 mi
08869 Raritan, NJ 6.0 mi
08853 Neshanic Station, NJ 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08888?

08888 is in Whitehouse, New Jersey, in Hunterdon County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6194, -74.7406.

What county is 08888 in?

08888 lies in Hunterdon County.

What area code is 08888?

Whitehouse uses area code 908, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 08888 in?

08888 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 08888?

The closest are 08889 (1 mi), 08870 (3.5 mi), 08876 (3.6 mi), 07921 (4.1 mi) and 08833 (4.4 mi).

Is 08888 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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