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28297

ZIP 28297 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
35.2600, -80.8042

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 28206, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28297 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 28297
  • 🔢 Type 28297 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGZBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 28297 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111010001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28296 (Charlotte, NC, 3 mi away) and 28299 (Charlotte, NC, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28297 becomes 79282, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22987, 27289, 27298, 27829, 27892, 27928, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98227 in Bellingham, WA, 2,299 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,022 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28297 and you would come out at 35.26°S, 99.20°E — 985 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 and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees9This ZIP9
Annual payroll$243,000This ZIP$243,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28297

ZIPCityDistance
28106 Matthews, NC 0.0 mi
28130 Paw Creek, NC 0.0 mi
28201 Charlotte, NC 0.0 mi
28218 Charlotte, NC 0.0 mi
28219 Charlotte, NC 0.0 mi
28220 Charlotte, NC 0.0 mi
28221 Charlotte, NC 0.0 mi
28222 Charlotte, NC 0.0 mi
28224 Charlotte, NC 0.0 mi
28228 Charlotte, NC 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28297?

28297 is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2600, -80.8042.

What county is 28297 in?

28297 lies in Mecklenburg County.

What area code is 28297?

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

What time zone is 28297 in?

28297 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28297?

The closest are 28106 (0 mi), 28130 (0 mi), 28201 (0 mi), 28218 (0 mi) and 28219 (0 mi).

Is 28297 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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