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28145

ZIP 28145 is in Salisbury, North Carolina, in Rowan County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Salisbury has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 28144, 28146 and 28147.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rowan
Coordinates
35.6827, -80.4771

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 28144, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28145 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 28145
  • 🔢 Type 28145 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShIBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,145 = 5 × 13 × 433. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110111110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28144 (Salisbury, NC, 3 mi away) and 28146 (Salisbury, NC, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28145 becomes 54182 — and that is a real ZIP code: Zachow, WI, 750 miles away.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12458, 12485, 12548, 12584, 12845, 12854, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85214 in Mesa, AZ, 1,784 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,027 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28145 and you would come out at 35.68°S, 99.52°E — 971 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments35This ZIP35
Employees1,006This ZIP1,006
Annual payroll$50,752,000This ZIP$50,752,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28145

ZIPCityDistance
28039 East Spencer, NC 2.3 mi
28159 Spencer, NC 2.5 mi
28144 Salisbury, NC 2.5 mi
28147 Salisbury, NC 4.8 mi
28072 Granite Quarry, NC 5.2 mi
28146 Salisbury, NC 6.2 mi
28041 Faith, NC 6.6 mi
27299 Linwood, NC 7.4 mi
27014 Cooleemee, NC 9.8 mi
27054 Woodleaf, NC 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28145?

28145 is in Salisbury, North Carolina, in Rowan County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6827, -80.4771.

What county is 28145 in?

28145 lies in Rowan County.

What area code is 28145?

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

What time zone is 28145 in?

28145 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28145?

The closest are 28039 (2.3 mi), 28159 (2.5 mi), 28144 (2.5 mi), 28147 (4.8 mi) and 28072 (5.2 mi).

Is 28145 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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