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39098

ZIP 39098 is Ludlow, Mississippi, in Scott County; area code 601; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Scott
Metro area
Jackson, MS
Coordinates
32.5660, -89.7135

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 39094, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 39098 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 39098
  • 🔢 Type 39098 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGOGE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 39,098 = 2 × 113 × 173. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001100010111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 39097 (Louise, MS, 60 mi away) and 39107 (Mc Adams, MS, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 39098 becomes 89093, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09839, 09893, 80939, 89039, 93908, 98039, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09839 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,637 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯704 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 39098 and you would come out at 32.57°S, 90.29°E — 1,470 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 39098

ZIPCityDistance
39094 Lena, MS 2.3 mi
39161 Sandhill, MS 10.2 mi
39087 Hillsboro, MS 13.2 mi
39080 Harperville, MS 13.7 mi
39047 Brandon, MS 15.8 mi
39145 Pelahatchie, MS 16.0 mi
39046 Canton, MS 16.9 mi
39117 Morton, MS 17.9 mi
39045 Camden, MS 18.0 mi
39189 Walnut Grove, MS 18.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 39098?

39098 is in Ludlow, Mississippi, in Scott County, part of the Jackson, MS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.5660, -89.7135.

What county is 39098 in?

39098 lies in Scott County.

What area code is 39098?

Ludlow uses area code 601, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 39098 in?

39098 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 39098?

The closest are 39094 (2.3 mi), 39161 (10.2 mi), 39087 (13.2 mi), 39080 (13.7 mi) and 39047 (15.8 mi).

Is 39098 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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