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28522

ZIP 28522 is Comfort, North Carolina, in Jones County; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Jones
Metro area
New Bern, NC
Coordinates
35.0051, -77.5231

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 28585, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28522 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 28522
  • 🔢 Type 28522 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,522 = 2 × 13 × 1097. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111101101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28521 (Chinquapin, NC, 18 mi away) and 28523 (Cove City, NC, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28522 becomes 22582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22528, 52228, 58222, 82225). The farthest-flung twin is 82225 in Lusk, WY, 1,532 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,199 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28522 and you would come out at 35.01°S, 102.48°E — 799 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 28522

ZIPCityDistance
28585 Trenton, NC 6.7 mi
28574 Richlands, NC 9.5 mi
28572 Pink Hill, NC 11.4 mi
28525 Deep Run, NC 12.8 mi
28546 Jacksonville, NC 14.4 mi
28518 Beulaville, NC 14.8 mi
28501 Kinston, NC 16.2 mi
28504 Kinston, NC 16.6 mi
28521 Chinquapin, NC 17.7 mi
28526 Dover, NC 17.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28522?

28522 is in Comfort, North Carolina, in Jones County, part of the New Bern, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0051, -77.5231.

What county is 28522 in?

28522 lies in Jones County.

What time zone is 28522 in?

28522 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28522?

The closest are 28585 (6.7 mi), 28574 (9.5 mi), 28572 (11.4 mi), 28525 (12.8 mi) and 28546 (14.4 mi).

Is 28522 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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