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98561

ZIP 98561 is Menlo, Washington, in Pacific County; area codes 360 and 564; Pacific time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Pacific
Metro area
none
Coordinates
46.6215, -123.6471

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 98577, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98561 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 98561
  • 🔢 Type 98561 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgSBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 98561 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000100000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98560 (Matlock, WA, 49 mi away) and 98562 (Moclips, WA, 50 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98561 becomes 16589, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15689, 15698, 16859, 18956, 61859, 85619, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96518 in APO AA, a military post office, 4,305 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 98%.
  • 🎯1,340 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98561 and you would come out at 46.62°S, 56.35°E — 667 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 33m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 98561

ZIPCityDistance
98577 Raymond, WA 2.2 mi
98554 Lebam, WA 6.3 mi
98586 South Bend, WA 10.6 mi
98527 Bay Center, WA 12.7 mi
98537 Cosmopolis, WA 13.2 mi
98621 Grays River, WA 16.1 mi
98572 Pe Ell, WA 16.1 mi
98638 Naselle, WA 16.7 mi
98590 Tokeland, WA 17.7 mi
98539 Doty, WA 17.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98561?

98561 is in Menlo, Washington, in Pacific County. Its published point location is 46.6215, -123.6471.

What county is 98561 in?

98561 lies in Pacific County.

What area code is 98561?

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

What time zone is 98561 in?

98561 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98561?

The closest are 98577 (2.2 mi), 98554 (6.3 mi), 98586 (10.6 mi), 98527 (12.7 mi) and 98537 (13.2 mi).

Is 98561 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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