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ZIP Codes Starting with
64 ZIP codes start with 838, sorted at the Spokane, WA (SCF 990) sectional center (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) in Idaho: 60 residential ZIP codes across 7 counties and 4 PO Box or single-organization codes (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026).
What do the digits 838 mean?
The first digit, 8, is one of ten national areas (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming). The first three, 838, route mail to a sectional center: USPS labeling list L005 (effective October 1, 2026) sends letters for 838 to the Spokane, WA (SCF 990) facility. The last two digits pick the delivery area. By residents, the largest town names among the 838 ZIP codes are Coeur D Alene, Post Falls, Moscow, Hayden, Sandpoint and Rathdrum.
The same facility sorts 7 prefixes, 258 ZIP codes in all: 835, 838, 990, 991, 992, 993, 994.
Where are the 838 ZIP codes?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).
All ZIP codes starting with 838
| County | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83801 | Athol | Kootenai County | 7,553 | 43 | $71k | $613k |
| 83802 | Avery | Shoshone County | 124 | 1 | $79k | – |
| 83803 | Bayview | Bonner County | 650 | 5 | $61k | $703k |
| 83804 | Blanchard | Bonner County | 2,092 | 40 | $59k | $414k |
| 83805 | Bonners Ferry | Boundary County | 9,174 | 10 | $70k | $419k |
| 83806 | Bovill | Latah County | 172 | 7 | $43k | $170k |
| 83808 | Calder | Shoshone County | 132 | 1 | – | – |
| 83809 | Careywood | Bonner County | 393 | 23 | $125k | $592k |
| 83810 | Cataldo | Kootenai County | 1,412 | 9 | $132k | $571k |
| 83811 | Clark Fork | Bonner County | 1,997 | 19 | $45k | $298k |
| 83812 | Clarkia | Shoshone County | 11 | 0 | $73k | – |
| 83813 | Cocolalla | Bonner County | 1,249 | 30 | $90k | $789k |
| 83814 | Coeur D Alene | Kootenai County | 26,059 | 134 | $75k | $590k |
| 83815 | Coeur D Alene | Kootenai County | 41,405 | 2,651 | $78k | $498k |
| 83816 | Coeur d'Alene | Kootenai County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 83821 | Coolin | Bonner County | 259 | 5 | – | $546k |
| 83822 | Oldtown | Bonner County | 2,442 | 71 | $57k | $444k |
| 83823 | Deary | Latah County | 1,559 | 10 | $78k | $409k |
| 83824 | Desmet | Benewah County | 452 | 6 | $53k | $337k |
| 83825 | Dover | Bonner County | 226 | 417 | $53k | $644k |
| 83826 | Eastport | Boundary County | 63 | 5 | – | – |
| 83827 | Elk River | Clearwater County | 154 | 16 | $54k | $232k |
| 83830 | Fernwood | Benewah County | 45 | 1 | $108k | $281k |
| 83832 | Genesee | Latah County | 1,961 | 13 | $91k | $353k |
| 83833 | Harrison | Kootenai County | 1,365 | 13 | $82k | $562k |
| 83834 | Harvard | Latah County | 189 | 2 | $99k | $380k |
| 83835 | Hayden | Kootenai County | 24,238 | 244 | $91k | $562k |
| 83836 | Hope | Bonner County | 980 | 10 | $97k | $512k |
| 83837 | Kellogg | Shoshone County | 3,203 | 53 | $46k | $229k |
| 83839 | Kingston | Shoshone County | 1,287 | 14 | $64k | $384k |
| 83840 | Kootenai | Bonner County | 653 | 2,206 | $71k | $351k |
| 83841 | Laclede | Bonner County | 492 | 21 | $51k | $274k |
| 83842 | Medimont | Kootenai County | 141 | 7 | $91k | $625k |
| 83843 | Moscow | Latah County | 26,591 | 224 | $59k | $381k |
| 83844 | Moscow | Latah County | 2,971 | 5,061 | – | – |
| 83845 | Moyie Springs | Boundary County | 2,202 | 33 | $73k | $374k |
| 83846 | Mullan | Shoshone County | 918 | 26 | $60k | $213k |
| 83847 | Naples | Boundary County | 1,714 | 14 | $49k | $545k |
| 83848 | Nordman | Bonner County | 315 | 6 | $127k | $825k |
| 83849 | Osburn | Shoshone County | 2,086 | 118 | $53k | $224k |
| 83850 | Pinehurst | Shoshone County | 2,704 | 29 | $68k | $298k |
| 83851 | Plummer | Benewah County | 2,113 | 17 | $57k | $251k |
| 83852 | Ponderay | Bonner County | 1,515 | 607 | $50k | $420k |
| 83853 | Porthill | Boundary County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 83854 | Post Falls | Kootenai County | 54,851 | 707 | $83k | $490k |
| 83855 | Potlatch | Latah County | 2,260 | 20 | $84k | $298k |
| 83856 | Priest River | Bonner County | 6,885 | 17 | $75k | $428k |
| 83857 | Princeton | Latah County | 1,074 | 16 | $78k | $335k |
| 83858 | Rathdrum | Kootenai County | 20,137 | 180 | $95k | $508k |
| 83860 | Sagle | Bonner County | 7,806 | 67 | $72k | $598k |
| 83861 | Saint Maries | Benewah County | 7,275 | 16 | $66k | $308k |
| 83864 | Sandpoint | Bonner County | 20,514 | 51 | $71k | $517k |
| 83865 | Colburn | Bonner County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 83866 | Santa | Benewah County | 352 | 6 | $32k | $271k |
| 83867 | Silverton | Shoshone County | 652 | 155 | $90k | $287k |
| 83868 | Smelterville | Shoshone County | 906 | 136 | $51k | $133k |
| 83869 | Spirit Lake | Kootenai County | 5,504 | 84 | $67k | $466k |
| 83870 | Tensed | Benewah County | 421 | 7 | $51k | $486k |
| 83871 | Troy | Latah County | 2,240 | 20 | $90k | $362k |
| 83872 | Viola | Latah County | 818 | 21 | $100k | $526k |
| 83873 | Wallace | Shoshone County | 1,569 | 6 | $46k | $279k |
| 83874 | Murray | Shoshone County | 76 | 2 | $43k | – |
| 83876 | Worley | Kootenai County | 1,563 | 13 | $61k | $537k |
| 83877 | Post Falls | Kootenai County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0) for codes without a residential area.