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28541

ZIP 28541 is in Jacksonville, North Carolina, in Onslow County; area codes 910 and 472; Eastern time. Jacksonville has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 28540 and 28546.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Onslow
Metro area
Jacksonville, NC
Coordinates
34.6921, -77.3912

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 28547, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28541 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 28541
  • 🔢 Type 28541 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 28541 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111101111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28540 (Jacksonville, NC, 7 mi away) and 28542 (Camp Lejeune, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28541 becomes 14582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12458, 12485, 12548, 12584, 12845, 12854, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85214 in Mesa, AZ, 1,964 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,215 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28541 and you would come out at 34.69°S, 102.61°E — 788 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees178This ZIP178
Annual payroll$4,844,000This ZIP$4,844,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28541

ZIPCityDistance
28545 Mccutcheon Field, NC 0.0 mi
28543 Tarawa Terrace, NC 3.0 mi
28542 Camp Lejeune, NC 4.8 mi
28547 Camp Lejeune, NC 5.5 mi
28544 Midway Park, NC 5.7 mi
28540 Jacksonville, NC 7.1 mi
28539 Hubert, NC 9.0 mi
28546 Jacksonville, NC 9.3 mi
28460 Sneads Ferry, NC 11.8 mi
28445 Holly Ridge, NC 14.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28541?

28541 is in Jacksonville, North Carolina, in Onslow County, part of the Jacksonville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6921, -77.3912.

What county is 28541 in?

28541 lies in Onslow County.

What area code is 28541?

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

What time zone is 28541 in?

28541 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28541?

The closest are 28545 (0 mi), 28543 (3 mi), 28542 (4.8 mi), 28547 (5.5 mi) and 28544 (5.7 mi).

Is 28541 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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