| City: | Longmire, Washington |
| County: | Pierce County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:16:35 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 360 / 564 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 46.8844, -121.7328 |
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Longmire sits within Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County, Washington, covering 271 square miles of protected wilderness. This isn't a town in the traditional sense. It's a historic district that serves as a service hub for park operations and visitors.
The ZIP code has no resident population recorded in Census data. General Delivery is available at this location, serving National Park Service employees, concessionaires, and seasonal workers who need mail access within the park. With no street delivery infrastructure across 271 square miles, General Delivery provides the only mail option for this remote mountain location.
Longmire functions as one of Mount Rainier's key service areas, located at 2,761 feet elevation along the park's southwest entrance corridor. The area includes the historic Longmire Museum, National Park Inn, and administrative facilities dating to the early 1900s when James Longmire first developed the site. Mail service here supports park operations rather than a residential community.
No street delivery exists in this national park location; mail is handled through General Delivery.
ZIP Code 98397 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 98397 is located in Pierce County, Washington, within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42660) and Washington's 8th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 3,439,809 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 98397, and is subdivided into the Tacoma-Lakewood, WA division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 42660Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Tacoma-Lakewood, WA (CBSA Div 45104)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 3,439,809Source: Census |
| MSA: | Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 08Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 7359.7 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Tacoma, WA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
ZIP Code 98397 is in the Bethel School District, which serves grades Pre-Kindergarten thru 12th. There are 1 public school(s) in this ZIP Code, and we have located 3 private school(s). It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.