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39298

ZIP 39298 is in Jackson, Mississippi, in Rankin County; area codes 601 and 769; Central time. Jackson has 27 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Rankin
Metro area
Jackson, MS
Coordinates
32.3199, -89.9923

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 39047, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 39298 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 39298
  • 🔢 Type 39298 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGZGE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 39,298 = 2 × 7 × 7 × 401. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001100110000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 39296 (Jackson, MS, 11 mi away) and 39301 (Meridian, MS, 82 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 39298 becomes 89293, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23899, 28399, 29839, 29938, 32899, 38929, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99832 in Pelican, AK, 2,776 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯706 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 39298 and you would come out at 32.32°S, 90.01°E — 1,459 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 02m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees12This ZIP12
Annual payroll$529,000This ZIP$529,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 39298

ZIPCityDistance
39043 Brandon, MS 3.5 mi
39232 Flowood, MS 5.6 mi
39193 Whitfield, MS 7.0 mi
39208 Pearl, MS 7.1 mi
39211 Jackson, MS 8.4 mi
39288 Pearl, MS 8.7 mi
39047 Brandon, MS 9.5 mi
39216 Jackson, MS 9.9 mi
39042 Brandon, MS 10.2 mi
39202 Jackson, MS 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 39298?

39298 is in Jackson, Mississippi, in Rankin County, part of the Jackson, MS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.3199, -89.9923.

What county is 39298 in?

39298 lies in Rankin County.

What area code is 39298?

Jackson uses area codes 601 and 769, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 39298 in?

39298 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 39298?

The closest are 39043 (3.5 mi), 39232 (5.6 mi), 39193 (7 mi), 39208 (7.1 mi) and 39211 (8.4 mi).

Is 39298 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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