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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/28388

28388

ZIP 28388 is in Southern Pines, North Carolina, in Moore County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time. Southern Pines has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28387.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Moore
Coordinates
35.2803, -79.4327

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 28327, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28388 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 28388
  • 🔢 Type 28388 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBEBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,388 = 2 × 2 × 47 × 151. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111011100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28387 (Southern Pines, NC, 8 mi away) and 28390 (Spring Lake, NC, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28388 becomes 88382, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23888, 38828, 82838). The farthest-flung twin is 82838 in Parkman, WY, 1,614 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,092 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28388 and you would come out at 35.28°S, 100.57°E — 908 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 establishments20This ZIP20
Employees442This ZIP442
Annual payroll$24,827,000This ZIP$24,827,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28388

ZIPCityDistance
28370 Pinehurst, NC 4.6 mi
27376 West End, NC 5.2 mi
28327 Carthage, NC 5.4 mi
28374 Pinehurst, NC 6.5 mi
28350 Lakeview, NC 7.0 mi
28387 Southern Pines, NC 7.6 mi
28315 Aberdeen, NC 11.5 mi
28394 Vass, NC 11.6 mi
27281 Jackson Springs, NC 12.6 mi
27242 Eagle Springs, NC 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28388?

28388 is in Southern Pines, North Carolina, in Moore County, part of the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2803, -79.4327.

What county is 28388 in?

28388 lies in Moore County.

What area code is 28388?

Southern Pines uses area codes 910 and 472, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28388 in?

28388 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28388?

The closest are 28370 (4.6 mi), 27376 (5.2 mi), 28327 (5.4 mi), 28374 (6.5 mi) and 28350 (7 mi).

Is 28388 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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