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94298

ZIP 94298 is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County; area codes 916 and 279; Pacific time. Sacramento has 100 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Sacramento
Coordinates
38.5816, -121.4944

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 95814, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 94298
  • 🔢 Type 94298 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGZhG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,298 = 2 × 47149. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111000001011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94297 (Sacramento, CA, 0 mi away) and 94299 (Sacramento, CA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 94298 becomes 89249, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (29849, 48929, 49289, 49829, 49892, 89429, …). The farthest-flung twin is 29849 in Ulmer, SC, 2,268 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,227 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 94298 and you would come out at 38.58°S, 58.51°E — 943 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 28m.
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ZIP codes near 94298

ZIPCityDistance
94203 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi
94204 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi
94205 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi
94206 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi
94207 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi
94208 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi
94209 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi
94211 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi
94229 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi
94230 Sacramento, CA 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94298?

94298 is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County, part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.5816, -121.4944.

What county is 94298 in?

94298 lies in Sacramento County.

What area code is 94298?

Sacramento uses area codes 916 and 279, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 94298 in?

94298 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 94298?

The closest are 94203 (0 mi), 94204 (0 mi), 94205 (0 mi), 94206 (0 mi) and 94207 (0 mi).

Is 94298 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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