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30298

ZIP 30298 is in Forest Park, Georgia, in Clayton County; area codes 404, 770, 678, 470 and 943; Eastern time. Forest Park has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 30297.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Clayton
Coordinates
33.5007, -84.3513

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 30238, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 30298 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 30298
  • 🔢 Type 30298 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGZOE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 30,298 = 2 × 15149. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111011001011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 30297 (Forest Park, GA, 8 mi away) and 30301 (Atlanta, GA, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 30298 becomes 89203, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02839, 02893, 03289, 03298, 08329, 09823, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09832 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,439 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯900 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 30298 and you would come out at 33.50°S, 95.65°E — 1,178 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees119This ZIP119
Annual payroll$10,780,000This ZIP$10,780,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 30298

ZIPCityDistance
30237 Jonesboro, GA 0.0 mi
30287 Morrow, GA 0.0 mi
30238 Jonesboro, GA 1.8 mi
30236 Jonesboro, GA 2.0 mi
30274 Riverdale, GA 4.8 mi
30250 Lovejoy, GA 5.2 mi
30260 Morrow, GA 6.1 mi
30296 Riverdale, GA 6.7 mi
30228 Hampton, GA 7.4 mi
30273 Rex, GA 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 30298?

30298 is in Forest Park, Georgia, in Clayton County, part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5007, -84.3513.

What county is 30298 in?

30298 lies in Clayton County.

What area code is 30298?

Forest Park uses area codes 404, 770, 678, 470 and 943, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 30298 in?

30298 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 30298?

The closest are 30237 (0 mi), 30287 (0 mi), 30238 (1.8 mi), 30236 (2 mi) and 30274 (4.8 mi).

Is 30298 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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