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98344

ZIP 98344 is Kapowsin, Washington, in Pierce County; Pacific time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Pierce
Coordinates
46.9899, -122.2226

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 98338, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98344 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 98344
  • 🔢 Type 98344 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhEBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,344 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 19 × 647. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000000101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98343 (Joyce, WA, 106 mi away) and 98345 (Keyport, WA, 53 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98344 becomes 44389, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34489, 34498, 34948, 34984, 38449, 38944, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34984 in Port Saint Lucie, FL, 2,637 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,279 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98344 and you would come out at 46.99°S, 57.78°E — 595 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 30m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 98344

ZIPCityDistance
98338 Graham, WA 4.0 mi
98360 Orting, WA 5.4 mi
98352 Sumner, WA 7.4 mi
98398 Paradise Inn, WA 7.4 mi
98387 Spanaway, WA 9.2 mi
98375 Puyallup, WA 9.3 mi
98328 Eatonville, WA 9.5 mi
98374 Puyallup, WA 9.8 mi
98323 Carbonado, WA 11.2 mi
98348 La Grande, WA 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98344?

98344 is in Kapowsin, Washington, in Pierce County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.9899, -122.2226.

What county is 98344 in?

98344 lies in Pierce County.

What time zone is 98344 in?

98344 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98344?

The closest are 98338 (4 mi), 98360 (5.4 mi), 98352 (7.4 mi), 98398 (7.4 mi) and 98387 (9.2 mi).

Is 98344 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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