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28053

ZIP 28053 is in Gastonia, North Carolina, in Gaston County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Gastonia has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 28052, 28054, 28055 and 28056.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gaston
Coordinates
35.2751, -81.2134

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 28052, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28053 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 28053
  • 🔢 Type 28053 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,053 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 1039. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28052 (Gastonia, NC, 3 mi away) and 28054 (Gastonia, NC, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28053 becomes 35082 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hollins, AL, 318 miles away.
  • 👥 64 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02358, 02538, 02835, 03258, 03285, 03582, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83520 in Ahsahka, ID, 1,971 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,000 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28053 and you would come out at 35.28°S, 98.79°E — 1,008 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees307This ZIP307
Annual payroll$14,297,000This ZIP$14,297,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28053

ZIPCityDistance
28055 Gastonia, NC 1.5 mi
28052 Gastonia, NC 3.4 mi
28054 Gastonia, NC 3.7 mi
28016 Bessemer City, NC 4.8 mi
28034 Dallas, NC 5.8 mi
28098 Lowell, NC 6.4 mi
28056 Gastonia, NC 6.4 mi
28101 Mc Adenville, NC 7.9 mi
28032 Cramerton, NC 8.1 mi
29703 Bowling Green, SC 8.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28053?

28053 is in Gastonia, North Carolina, in Gaston County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2751, -81.2134.

What county is 28053 in?

28053 lies in Gaston County.

What area code is 28053?

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

What time zone is 28053 in?

28053 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28053?

The closest are 28055 (1.5 mi), 28052 (3.4 mi), 28054 (3.7 mi), 28016 (4.8 mi) and 28034 (5.8 mi).

Is 28053 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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