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28093

ZIP 28093 is in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in Lincoln County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Lincolnton has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28092.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lincoln
Coordinates
35.4848, -81.2395

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 28092, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28093 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 28093
  • 🔢 Type 28093 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EGOBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,093 = 13 × 2161. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110110111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28092 (Lincolnton, NC, 1 mi away) and 28097 (Locust, NC, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28093 becomes 39082 — and that is a real ZIP code: Harrisville, MS, 566 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02839, 02893, 03289, 03298, 08329, 09823, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09832 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,215 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯993 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28093 and you would come out at 35.48°S, 98.76°E — 1,011 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees151This ZIP151
Annual payroll$3,970,000This ZIP$3,970,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28093

ZIPCityDistance
28092 Lincolnton, NC 0.8 mi
28077 High Shoals, NC 5.9 mi
28033 Crouse, NC 6.8 mi
28650 Maiden, NC 7.5 mi
28080 Iron Station, NC 7.8 mi
28034 Dallas, NC 9.7 mi
28006 Alexis, NC 9.8 mi
28658 Newton, NC 10.6 mi
28021 Cherryville, NC 10.9 mi
28168 Vale, NC 11.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28093?

28093 is in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in Lincoln County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4848, -81.2395.

What county is 28093 in?

28093 lies in Lincoln County.

What area code is 28093?

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

What time zone is 28093 in?

28093 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28093?

The closest are 28092 (0.8 mi), 28077 (5.9 mi), 28033 (6.8 mi), 28650 (7.5 mi) and 28080 (7.8 mi).

Is 28093 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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