| City: | Ward Cove, Alaska |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Timezone: | Alaska (GMT -09:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:25:03 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 907 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 55.4104, -131.7237 |
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Ward Cove serves a small community along Alaska's Inside Passage, about 3 miles north of Ketchikan. The post office maintains 558 PO Boxes for area residents and 49 businesses. There's one street delivery route along N Tongass Highway, the main coastal road connecting Ketchikan to communities north.
The PO Box adoption rate is extremely high because street delivery is limited to a single rural route. Most residents rely on post office boxes rather than roadside delivery in this coastal area. The post office serves as the mail hub for this small settlement that was historically a lumber mill town before transitioning to residential and light commercial use.
The single street reflects Ward Cove's linear geography along the Tongass Highway, the primary coastal route connecting communities north of Ketchikan. This isn't a grid-pattern town but rather a highway settlement.
ZIP Code 99928 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 5 business establishments, employing about 11 people with an annual payroll of $948,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 594Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 5Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $92,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $948,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 11Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 99928 is located in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, within the Ketchikan, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 28540) and Alaska's 0th Congressional District. This Micro area has a population of 13,870 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 99928. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Ketchikan, AKSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 28540Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MicroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 13,870Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 00Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 571951.26 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 99928 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. 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 January 1, 2026.