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18098

ZIP 18098 is in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County; area codes 610 and 484; Eastern time. Emmaus has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 18049 and 18099.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lehigh
Coordinates
40.5395, -75.4969

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 18049, 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 18098
  • 🔢 Type 18098 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGOBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,098 = 2 × 9049. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011010110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18092 (Zionsville, PA, 5 mi away) and 18099 (Emmaus, PA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18098 becomes 89081 — and that is a real ZIP code: North Las Vegas, NV, 2,147 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01889, 09818, 09881, 10988, 18980, 19088, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09881 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,602 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,216 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18098 and you would come out at 40.54°S, 104.50°E — 866 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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ZIP codes near 18098

ZIPCityDistance
18099 Emmaus, PA 0.0 mi
18049 Emmaus, PA 1.2 mi
18103 Allentown, PA 2.2 mi
18060 Limeport, PA 3.4 mi
18046 East Texas, PA 3.4 mi
18068 Old Zionsville, PA 3.9 mi
18106 Allentown, PA 4.0 mi
18034 Center Valley, PA 4.1 mi
18101 Allentown, PA 4.6 mi
18105 Allentown, PA 4.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18098?

18098 is in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5395, -75.4969.

What county is 18098 in?

18098 lies in Lehigh County.

What area code is 18098?

Emmaus uses area codes 610 and 484, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 18098 in?

18098 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18098?

The closest are 18099 (0 mi), 18049 (1.2 mi), 18103 (2.2 mi), 18060 (3.4 mi) and 18046 (3.4 mi).

Is 18098 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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