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98293

ZIP 98293 is Startup, Washington, in Snohomish County; Pacific time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Snohomish
Coordinates
47.8703, -121.7685

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 98294, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98293 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 98293
  • 🔢 Type 98293 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EGZBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,293 = 13 × 7561. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111111110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98292 (Stanwood, WA, 35 mi away) and 98294 (Sultan, WA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98293 becomes 39289 — and that is a real ZIP code: Jackson, MS, 1,965 miles away.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23899, 28399, 29839, 29938, 32899, 38929, …). The farthest-flung twin is 32899 in Orlando, FL, 2,558 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,275 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98293 and you would come out at 47.87°S, 58.23°E — 556 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 23m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees6This ZIP6
Annual payroll$184,000This ZIP$184,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 98293

ZIPCityDistance
98294 Sultan, WA 2.2 mi
98272 Monroe, WA 5.5 mi
98251 Gold Bar, WA 8.0 mi
98290 Snohomish, WA 11.4 mi
98019 Duvall, WA 12.0 mi
98014 Carnation, WA 12.3 mi
98291 Snohomish, WA 13.3 mi
98252 Granite Falls, WA 13.5 mi
98224 Baring, WA 13.6 mi
98296 Snohomish, WA 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98293?

98293 is in Startup, Washington, in Snohomish County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.8703, -121.7685.

What county is 98293 in?

98293 lies in Snohomish County.

What time zone is 98293 in?

98293 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98293?

The closest are 98294 (2.2 mi), 98272 (5.5 mi), 98251 (8 mi), 98290 (11.4 mi) and 98019 (12 mi).

Is 98293 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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