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Preferred Name, USPS
Kent, WA 98042
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Covington, WA 98042
Not Acceptable, USPS
Lake Sawyer, WA 98042

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The 98042 ZIP Code is centered1 in King County at latitude 47.376 and longitude -122.099 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. King County is in the Pacific Time Zone (UTC -8 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 98042 was 38,023 with 13,069 housing units; a land area land area of 30.7 sq. miles; a water area of 0.48 sq. miles; and a population density of 1,238.63 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Meridian Heights, WA (< 0.1 mile)
Covington, WA (1.4 miles SW)
Cherokee Bay Park, WA (2.4 miles ESE)
Wilderness Village, WA (2.7 miles ENE)
Maple Valley, WA (2.7 miles ENE)
Berrydale, WA (2.7 miles SSW)
Lake Morton, WA (3.6 miles SSE)
Lake Desire, WA (4.1 miles N)
Henrys, WA (4.3 miles ESE)
Noble, WA (4.3 miles E)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Timberlane, WA (1.4 miles SE)
Wilderness, WA (2.4 miles E)
Danville, WA (3.4 miles ESE)
Dorre Don, WA (3.6 miles ENE)
Orchard Grove, WA (3.6 miles ENE)
Summit, WA (3.9 miles ESE)
Tahoma, WA (4.1 miles E)
Arcadia, WA (4.3 miles E)
Atkinson, WA (4.5 miles ENE)
Wynaco, WA (4.5 miles SSW)

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  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.