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99687

ZIP 99687 is in Wasilla, Alaska, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough; area code 907; Alaska time. Wasilla has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 99623, 99629 and 99654.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Anchorage
Metro area
Anchorage, AK
Coordinates
61.5313, -149.4784

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 99654, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 99687 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 99687
  • 🔢 Type 99687 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBgGG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 99,687 = 3 × 7 × 47 × 101. Its digits add up to 39, a total 25 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000010101100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 99686 (Valdez, AK, 114 mi away) and 99688 (Willow, AK, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 99687 becomes 78699, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (68979, 79698, 79968, 96789, 97869, 99678, …). The farthest-flung twin is 79698 in Abilene, TX, 2,968 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯2,587 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 99687 and you would come out at 61.53°S, 30.52°E — 1,731 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 19h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 5h 20m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments63This ZIP63
Employees703This ZIP703
Annual payroll$38,591,000This ZIP$38,591,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 99687

ZIPCityDistance
99629 Wasilla, AK 3.8 mi
99654 Wasilla, AK 5.4 mi
99694 Houston, AK 13.2 mi
99623 Wasilla, AK 16.0 mi
99652 Big Lake, AK 16.4 mi
99645 Palmer, AK 17.5 mi
99505 Jber, AK 18.0 mi
99506 Jber, AK 21.0 mi
99567 Chugiak, AK 22.0 mi
99504 Anchorage, AK 23.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 99687?

99687 is in Wasilla, Alaska, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, part of the Anchorage, AK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 61.5313, -149.4784.

What county is 99687 in?

99687 lies in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

What area code is 99687?

Wasilla uses area code 907, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 99687 in?

99687 uses America/Anchorage.

What ZIP codes are near 99687?

The closest are 99629 (3.8 mi), 99654 (5.4 mi), 99694 (13.2 mi), 99623 (16 mi) and 99652 (16.4 mi).

Is 99687 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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