99928

ZIP 99928 is Ward Cove, Alaska, in Ketchikan Gateway Borough; area code 907; Alaska time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Sitka
County: Ketchikan Gateway
Metro area: Ketchikan, AK
Coordinates: 55.3954, -131.6754

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 99901, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 99928

🔢 Type 99928 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZGGG — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 99,928 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 12491. Its digits add up to 37, a total 89 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000011001011000
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 99927 (Point Baker, AK, 99 mi away) and 99929 (Wrangell, AK, 58 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 99928 becomes 82999, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (29899, 92899, 99829). The farthest-flung twin is 29899 in Mc Cormick, SC, 2,765 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
🎯1,852 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 99928 and you would come out at 55.40°S, 48.32°E — 1,008 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 17h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 7h 05m.

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Business establishments	5This ZIP5
Employees	11This ZIP11
Annual payroll	$948,000This ZIP$948,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 99928

ZIP	City	Distance
`99950`	Ketchikan, AK	3.8 mi
`99926`	Metlakatla, AK	19.5 mi
`99901`	Ketchikan, AK	22.1 mi
`99903`	Meyers Chuck, AK	28.8 mi
`99919`	Thorne Bay, AK	36.5 mi
`99921`	Craig, AK	41.1 mi
`99925`	Klawock, AK	50.9 mi
`99918`	Coffman Cove, AK	53.7 mi
`99929`	Wrangell, AK	57.9 mi
`99923`	Hyder, AK	76.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 99928?

99928 is in Ward Cove, Alaska, in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, part of the Ketchikan, AK micropolitan area. Its published point location is 55.3954, -131.6754.

What county is 99928 in?

99928 lies in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.

What area code is 99928?

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

What time zone is 99928 in?

99928 uses America/Sitka.

What ZIP codes are near 99928?

The closest are 99950 (3.8 mi), 99926 (19.5 mi), 99901 (22.1 mi), 99903 (28.8 mi) and 99919 (36.5 mi).

Is 99928 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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zipcodes.pro. “99928 ZIP Code — Ward Cove, Alaska (Ketchikan Gateway Borough).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/99928

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