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98497

ZIP 98497 is in Lakewood, Washington, in Pierce County; area code 253; Pacific time. Lakewood has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 98439, 98496, 98498 and 98499.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Pierce
Coordinates
47.1718, -122.5185

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 98499, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98497 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 98497
  • 🔢 Type 98497 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGhBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,497 = 7 × 14071. Its digits add up to 37, a total 89 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000011000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98496 (Lakewood, WA, 1 mi away) and 98498 (Lakewood, WA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98497 becomes 79489, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47989, 49879, 78949, 79849, 79948, 87499, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99784 in White Mountain, AK, 1,936 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,296 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98497 and you would come out at 47.17°S, 57.48°E — 604 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 29m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 98497

ZIPCityDistance
98496 Lakewood, WA 0.6 mi
98499 Lakewood, WA 0.7 mi
98498 Lakewood, WA 2.0 mi
98438 Mcchord Afb, WA 2.8 mi
98417 Tacoma, WA 2.9 mi
98419 Tacoma, WA 2.9 mi
98448 Tacoma, WA 2.9 mi
98490 Tacoma, WA 2.9 mi
98439 Lakewood, WA 2.9 mi
98467 University Place, WA 3.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98497?

98497 is in Lakewood, Washington, in Pierce County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.1718, -122.5185.

What county is 98497 in?

98497 lies in Pierce County.

What area code is 98497?

Lakewood uses area code 253, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98497 in?

98497 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98497?

The closest are 98496 (0.6 mi), 98499 (0.7 mi), 98498 (2 mi), 98438 (2.8 mi) and 98417 (2.9 mi).

Is 98497 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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