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98509

ZIP 98509 is in Lacey, Washington, in Thurston County; area codes 360 and 564; Pacific time. Lacey has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 98503.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Thurston
Coordinates
46.9781, -122.7024

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 98513, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98509 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 98509
  • 🔢 Type 98509 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOSBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,509 = 23 × 4283. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000011001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98508 (Olympia, WA, 10 mi away) and 98511 (Tumwater, WA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98509 becomes 90589, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09895, 59089, 80995, 89509, 90895, 95980, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09895 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,355 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,301 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98509 and you would come out at 46.98°S, 57.30°E — 617 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 establishments15This ZIP15
Employees58This ZIP58
Annual payroll$2,769,000This ZIP$2,769,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 98509

ZIPCityDistance
98540 East Olympia, WA 0.0 mi
98513 Olympia, WA 1.8 mi
98503 Lacey, WA 5.3 mi
98558 Mckenna, WA 7.3 mi
98501 Olympia, WA 8.2 mi
98433 Tacoma, WA 9.1 mi
98327 Dupont, WA 9.1 mi
98580 Roy, WA 9.1 mi
98516 Olympia, WA 9.2 mi
98576 Rainier, WA 9.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98509?

98509 is in Lacey, Washington, in Thurston County, part of the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.9781, -122.7024.

What county is 98509 in?

98509 lies in Thurston County.

What area code is 98509?

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

What time zone is 98509 in?

98509 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98509?

The closest are 98540 (0 mi), 98513 (1.8 mi), 98503 (5.3 mi), 98558 (7.3 mi) and 98501 (8.2 mi).

Is 98509 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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