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28247

ZIP 28247 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Charlotte has 74 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mecklenburg
Coordinates
35.0656, -80.8511

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 28277, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28247 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 28247
  • 🔢 Type 28247 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,247 = 47 × 601. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111001010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28246 (Charlotte, NC, 11 mi away) and 28250 (Charlotte, NC, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28247 becomes 74282, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22748, 22847, 24827, 24872, 27248, 27284, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84722 in Central, UT, 1,820 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,025 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28247 and you would come out at 35.07°S, 99.15°E — 985 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees42This ZIP42
Annual payroll$3,636,000This ZIP$3,636,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28247

ZIPCityDistance
28277 Charlotte, NC 2.2 mi
28134 Pineville, NC 2.6 mi
28226 Charlotte, NC 3.0 mi
28210 Charlotte, NC 4.5 mi
29707 Fort Mill, SC 5.4 mi
29715 Fort Mill, SC 5.7 mi
28270 Charlotte, NC 5.8 mi
29716 Fort Mill, SC 6.7 mi
28273 Charlotte, NC 6.8 mi
28211 Charlotte, NC 7.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28247?

28247 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0656, -80.8511.

What county is 28247 in?

28247 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28247?

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

What time zone is 28247 in?

28247 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28247?

The closest are 28277 (2.2 mi), 28134 (2.6 mi), 28226 (3 mi), 28210 (4.5 mi) and 29707 (5.4 mi).

Is 28247 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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