Zip Code Drama: Newcastle Wants One, Now!

This time there is no holding back for the City of Newcastle, as they (again) petition the United States Postal Service to get their very own zip code. Since the creation of Newcastle in 1994, homeowners and businesses had to identify themselves with one of Renton's two zip codes (98056 and 98059). After 15 years of confusion, Newcastle wants to hear the zip code rants to support their petition for postal independence. They hope this will prevent further zip code headaches that include the loss of sales tax dollars based off of zip codes and the directional hot mess where most addresses in Newcastle are considered an "unknown location" by most computers and even delivery drivers.