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28459

ZIP 28459 is in Shallotte, North Carolina, in Brunswick County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time. Shallotte has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28470.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brunswick
Metro area
Wilmington, NC
Coordinates
33.9334, -78.4129

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 28470, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 28459
  • 🔢 Type 28459 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GShBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,459 = 149 × 191. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111100101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28458 (Rose Hill, NC, 64 mi away) and 28460 (Sneads Ferry, NC, 70 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28459 becomes 95482 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ukiah, CA, 2,490 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24589, 24598, 24859, 24895, 24985, 25849, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95482 in Ukiah, CA, 2,490 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,183 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28459 and you would come out at 33.93°S, 101.59°E — 838 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments46This ZIP46
Employees836This ZIP836
Annual payroll$33,359,000This ZIP$33,359,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28459

ZIPCityDistance
28470 Shallotte, NC 2.5 mi
28469 Ocean Isle Beach, NC 3.5 mi
28468 Sunset Beach, NC 6.5 mi
28462 Supply, NC 7.4 mi
28420 Ash, NC 9.0 mi
28452 Longwood, NC 9.6 mi
28467 Calabash, NC 10.3 mi
28422 Bolivia, NC 14.1 mi
29566 Little River, SC 14.5 mi
29582 North Myrtle Beach, SC 15.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28459?

28459 is in Shallotte, North Carolina, in Brunswick County, part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9334, -78.4129.

What county is 28459 in?

28459 lies in Brunswick County.

What area code is 28459?

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

What time zone is 28459 in?

28459 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28459?

The closest are 28470 (2.5 mi), 28469 (3.5 mi), 28468 (6.5 mi), 28462 (7.4 mi) and 28420 (9 mi).

Is 28459 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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