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28404

ZIP 28404 is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in Brunswick County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time. Wilmington has 12 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brunswick
Metro area
Wilmington, NC
Coordinates
34.2257, -77.9447

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 28401, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28404 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 28404
  • 🔢 Type 28404 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOhBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,404 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 263. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111011110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28403 (Wilmington, NC, 4 mi away) and 28405 (Wilmington, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28404 becomes 40482, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04284, 04428, 08244, 24084, 40824, 42048, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84402 in Ogden, UT, 1,908 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,199 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28404 and you would come out at 34.23°S, 102.06°E — 814 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees88This ZIP88
Annual payroll$4,490,000This ZIP$4,490,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28404

ZIPCityDistance
28408 Wilmington, NC 0.0 mi
28403 Wilmington, NC 3.7 mi
28401 Wilmington, NC 4.8 mi
28405 Wilmington, NC 5.1 mi
28412 Wilmington, NC 6.3 mi
28409 Wilmington, NC 7.1 mi
28480 Wrightsville Beach, NC 8.3 mi
28402 Wilmington, NC 8.3 mi
28429 Castle Hayne, NC 8.4 mi
28479 Winnabow, NC 9.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28404?

28404 is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in Brunswick County, part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.2257, -77.9447.

What county is 28404 in?

28404 lies in Brunswick County.

What area code is 28404?

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

What time zone is 28404 in?

28404 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28404?

The closest are 28408 (0 mi), 28403 (3.7 mi), 28401 (4.8 mi), 28405 (5.1 mi) and 28412 (6.3 mi).

Is 28404 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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