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28002

ZIP 28002 is in Albemarle, North Carolina, in Stanly County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Albemarle has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28001.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Stanly
Metro area
Albemarle, NC
Coordinates
35.3501, -80.2001

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 28001, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28002 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28002
  • 🔢 Type 28002 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,002 = 2 × 3 × 13 × 359. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110101100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28001 (Albemarle, NC, 1 mi away) and 28006 (Alexis, NC, 50 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28002 becomes 20082 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 301 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00822, 02802, 08022, 08202, 08220, 20082, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00822 in Christiansted, VI, 1,543 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,051 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28002 and you would come out at 35.35°S, 99.80°E — 952 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees237This ZIP237
Annual payroll$8,426,000This ZIP$8,426,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28002

ZIPCityDistance
28001 Albemarle, NC 0.9 mi
28009 Badin, NC 6.6 mi
28127 New London, NC 7.2 mi
28128 Norwood, NC 10.0 mi
28109 Misenheimer, NC 10.2 mi
28137 Richfield, NC 10.4 mi
28129 Oakboro, NC 10.9 mi
28097 Locust, NC 11.5 mi
28124 Mount Pleasant, NC 12.2 mi
28071 Gold Hill, NC 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28002?

28002 is in Albemarle, North Carolina, in Stanly County, part of the Albemarle, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3501, -80.2001.

What county is 28002 in?

28002 lies in Stanly County.

What area code is 28002?

Albemarle uses area codes 704 and 980, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28002 in?

28002 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28002?

The closest are 28001 (0.9 mi), 28009 (6.6 mi), 28127 (7.2 mi), 28128 (10 mi) and 28109 (10.2 mi).

Is 28002 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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