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98920

ZIP 98920 is Brownstown, Washington, in Yakima County; area code 509; Pacific time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Yakima
Metro area
Yakima, WA
Coordinates
46.4043, -120.6070

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 98933, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98920 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 98920
  • 🔢 Type 98920 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZGBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,920 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 2473. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000001001101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98909 (Yakima, WA, 14 mi away) and 98921 (Buena, WA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98920 becomes 02989, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09829, 09892, 20899, 28909, 29809, 80299, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09829 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,841 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 94%.
  • 🎯1,195 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98920 and you would come out at 46.40°S, 59.39°E — 541 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 35m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 98920

ZIPCityDistance
98933 Harrah, WA 1.5 mi
98951 Wapato, WA 5.7 mi
98939 Parker, WA 9.3 mi
98952 White Swan, WA 10.7 mi
98904 Yakima, WA 11.8 mi
98902 Yakima, WA 13.8 mi
98921 Buena, WA 13.9 mi
98909 Yakima, WA 14.5 mi
98907 Yakima, WA 15.6 mi
98948 Toppenish, WA 16.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98920?

98920 is in Brownstown, Washington, in Yakima County, part of the Yakima, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.4043, -120.6070.

What county is 98920 in?

98920 lies in Yakima County.

What area code is 98920?

Brownstown uses area code 509, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98920 in?

98920 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98920?

The closest are 98933 (1.5 mi), 98951 (5.7 mi), 98939 (9.3 mi), 98952 (10.7 mi) and 98904 (11.8 mi).

Is 98920 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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