ZIP Code 12998

12998 is one of New York's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Witherbee, Essex County.

City: Witherbee
County: Essex County
State: New York
Prefix: 129xx

Where this code sits

12998 is part of the 129xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Witherbee.

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 12998 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

ZIP codes nearest 12998

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 12998.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 12956	0.5 mi	Mineville, NY
ZIP code 12961	1.8 mi	Moriah Center, NY
ZIP code 12960	2.9 mi	Moriah, NY
ZIP code 12974	3.9 mi	Port Henry, NY
ZIP code 12964	6.5 mi	New Russia, NY
ZIP code 12993	9.0 mi	Westport, NY
ZIP code 12928	9.5 mi	Crown Point, NY
ZIP code 12932	10 mi	Elizabethtown, NY

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 12998, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 12998. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.