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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/98508

98508

ZIP 98508 is in Olympia, Washington, in Thurston County; area codes 360 and 564; Pacific time. Olympia has 11 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Thurston
Coordinates
47.0379, -122.9007

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 98501, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98508 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 98508
  • 🔢 Type 98508 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOSBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,508 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 8209. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000011001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98507 (Olympia, WA, 0 mi away) and 98509 (Lacey, WA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98508 becomes 80589, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08859, 09858, 59088, 59808, 85098, 88590, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09858 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,352 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 98%.
  • 🎯1,311 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98508 and you would come out at 47.04°S, 57.10°E — 624 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees107This ZIP107
Annual payroll$7,921,000This ZIP$7,921,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 98508

ZIPCityDistance
98504 Olympia, WA 0.0 mi
98507 Olympia, WA 0.0 mi
98599 Olympia, WA 0.0 mi
98505 Olympia, WA 4.2 mi
98501 Olympia, WA 4.3 mi
98506 Olympia, WA 5.1 mi
98503 Lacey, WA 5.1 mi
98502 Olympia, WA 6.6 mi
98516 Olympia, WA 6.9 mi
98511 Tumwater, WA 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98508?

98508 is in Olympia, Washington, in Thurston County, part of the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.0379, -122.9007.

What county is 98508 in?

98508 lies in Thurston County.

What area code is 98508?

Olympia uses area codes 360 and 564, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98508 in?

98508 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98508?

The closest are 98504 (0 mi), 98507 (0 mi), 98599 (0 mi), 98505 (4.2 mi) and 98501 (4.3 mi).

Is 98508 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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