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08899

ZIP 08899 is in Edison, New Jersey, in Middlesex County; Eastern time. Edison has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 08817, 08818, 08820 and 08837.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Coordinates
40.5203, -74.4205

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 08817, 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 08899
  • 🔢 Type 08899 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GGBBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,899 = 11 × 809. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08890 (Zarephath, NJ, 8 mi away) and 08901 (New Brunswick, NJ, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08899 becomes 99880, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08989, 09889, 09898, 98089, 98908). The farthest-flung twin is 09898 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,609 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,272 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08899 and you would come out at 40.52°S, 105.58°E — 823 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 08899

ZIPCityDistance
08903 New Brunswick, NJ 1.4 mi
08904 Highland Park, NJ 1.4 mi
08817 Edison, NJ 1.5 mi
08854 Piscataway, NJ 2.6 mi
08901 New Brunswick, NJ 2.8 mi
08906 New Brunswick, NJ 2.9 mi
08933 New Brunswick, NJ 2.9 mi
08840 Metuchen, NJ 3.6 mi
07080 South Plainfield, NJ 3.8 mi
08875 Somerset, NJ 3.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08899?

08899 is in Edison, New Jersey, in Middlesex County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5203, -74.4205.

What county is 08899 in?

08899 lies in Middlesex County.

What time zone is 08899 in?

08899 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 08899?

The closest are 08903 (1.4 mi), 08904 (1.4 mi), 08817 (1.5 mi), 08854 (2.6 mi) and 08901 (2.8 mi).

Is 08899 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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