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Centralia, WA 98531
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Fords Prairie, WA 98531
Grand Mound, WA 98531
Waunch Prairie, WA 98531

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ZIP Code 98531 has segments in 2 Counties (Lewis, Thurston).

The 98531 ZIP Code is centered1 in Lewis County at latitude 46.724 and longitude -122.958 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Lewis County is in the Pacific Time Zone (UTC -8 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 98531 was 21,842 with 9,337 housing units; a land area land area of 136.62 sq. miles; a water area of 0.25 sq. miles; and a population density of 159.87 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Centralia, WA (< 0.1 mile)
Fords Prairie, WA (1.4 miles WNW)
Blakeslee Junction, WA (1.4 miles NW)
Wabash, WA (1.9 miles NE)
Galvin, WA (3.6 miles WNW)
Chehalis, WA (4.3 miles S)
Grand Mound, WA (5.1 miles NNW)
Essex, WA (6 miles NNW)
Claquato, WA (6.3 miles SSW)
Newaukum, WA (6.6 miles S)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Nulls Crossing, WA (4.7 miles ESE)
Oxley, WA (7.7 miles SSE)
Fayette, WA (9.2 miles SW)
Peterson Corner, WA (10.2 miles NW)
Klaus, WA (11.7 miles SSE)
McIntosh, WA (12.9 miles NE)
Phillips, WA (14.7 miles SE)
Plumb, WA (14.9 miles NNE)

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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.