28038

ZIP 28038 is Earl, North Carolina, in Cleveland County; area codes 980 and 704; Eastern time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Cleveland
Metro area: Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC
Coordinates: 35.1970, -81.5386

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 28073, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 28038

🔢 Type 28038 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 28,038 = 2 × 3 × 4673. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110000110
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28037 (Denver, NC, 36 mi away) and 28039 (East Spencer, NC, 70 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 28038 becomes 83082, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02838, 02883, 03882, 08328, 08823, 08832, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83802 in Avery, ID, 1,937 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
🎯985 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28038 and you would come out at 35.20°S, 98.46°E — 1,025 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.

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Business establishments	3This ZIP3
Employees	10This ZIP10
Annual payroll	$182,000This ZIP$182,000

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ZIP codes near 28038

ZIP	City	Distance
`28073`	Grover, NC	3.1 mi
`28152`	Shelby, NC	4.2 mi
`28151`	Shelby, NC	6.6 mi
`29702`	Blacksburg, SC	6.7 mi
`28017`	Boiling Springs, NC	8.2 mi
`28086`	Kings Mountain, NC	9.6 mi
`28150`	Shelby, NC	10.3 mi
`28089`	Lattimore, NC	11.0 mi
`29341`	Gaffney, SC	11.2 mi
`28114`	Mooresboro, NC	12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28038?

28038 is in Earl, North Carolina, in Cleveland County, part of the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1970, -81.5386.

What county is 28038 in?

28038 lies in Cleveland County.

What area code is 28038?

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

What time zone is 28038 in?

28038 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28038?

The closest are 28073 (3.1 mi), 28152 (4.2 mi), 28151 (6.6 mi), 29702 (6.7 mi) and 28017 (8.2 mi).

Is 28038 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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