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94998

ZIP 94998 is in Novato, California, in Marin County; area codes 415 and 628; Pacific time. Novato has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 94945, 94947, 94948 and 94949.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Marin
Coordinates
38.1173, -122.5684

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 94945, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 94998 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 94998
  • 🔢 Type 94998 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGGhG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,998 = 2 × 3 × 71 × 223. Its digits add up to 39, a total 25 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111001100010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94979 (San Anselmo, CA, 10 mi away) and 94999 (Petaluma, CA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 94998 becomes 89949, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (98499). The farthest-flung twin is 98499 in Lakewood, WA, 625 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,290 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 94998 and you would come out at 38.12°S, 57.43°E — 1,002 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 94998

ZIPCityDistance
94945 Novato, CA 0.9 mi
94948 Novato, CA 2.2 mi
94915 San Rafael, CA 3.0 mi
94947 Novato, CA 3.2 mi
94949 Novato, CA 5.2 mi
94903 San Rafael, CA 6.6 mi
94946 Nicasio, CA 7.5 mi
94954 Petaluma, CA 8.2 mi
94973 Woodacre, CA 8.2 mi
94960 San Anselmo, CA 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94998?

94998 is in Novato, California, in Marin County, part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.1173, -122.5684.

What county is 94998 in?

94998 lies in Marin County.

What area code is 94998?

Novato uses area codes 415 and 628, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 94998 in?

94998 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 94998?

The closest are 94945 (0.9 mi), 94948 (2.2 mi), 94915 (3 mi), 94947 (3.2 mi) and 94949 (5.2 mi).

Is 94998 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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