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98398

ZIP 98398 is Paradise Inn, Washington, in Pierce County; Pacific time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Pierce
Coordinates
47.0662, -122.1132

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 98360, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98398 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 98398
  • 🔢 Type 98398 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGEBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,398 = 2 × 49199. Its digits add up to 37, a total 89 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000001011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98397 (Longmire, WA, 26 mi away) and 98401 (Tacoma, WA, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98398 becomes 89389, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (98938). The farthest-flung twin is 98938 in Outlook, WA, 106 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,276 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98398 and you would come out at 47.07°S, 57.89°E — 589 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 98398

ZIPCityDistance
98352 Sumner, WA 0.0 mi
98360 Orting, WA 2.1 mi
98385 South Prairie, WA 5.0 mi
98396 Wilkeson, WA 6.1 mi
98321 Buckley, WA 6.3 mi
98344 Kapowsin, WA 7.4 mi
98338 Graham, WA 8.0 mi
98391 Bonney Lake, WA 8.1 mi
98374 Puyallup, WA 8.3 mi
98323 Carbonado, WA 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98398?

98398 is in Paradise Inn, Washington, in Pierce County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.0662, -122.1132.

What county is 98398 in?

98398 lies in Pierce County.

What time zone is 98398 in?

98398 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98398?

The closest are 98352 (0 mi), 98360 (2.1 mi), 98385 (5 mi), 98396 (6.1 mi) and 98321 (6.3 mi).

Is 98398 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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