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28561

ZIP 28561 is in New Bern, North Carolina, in Craven County; area code 252; Eastern time. New Bern has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 28560, 28562, 28563 and 28564.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Craven
Metro area
New Bern, NC
Coordinates
35.1037, -77.0759

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 28562, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28561 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 28561
  • 🔢 Type 28561 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,561 = 13 × 13 × 13 × 13. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28560 (New Bern, NC, 6 mi away) and 28562 (New Bern, NC, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28561 becomes 16582, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12568, 12586, 12856, 12865, 15268, 15286, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85261 in Scottsdale, AZ, 1,980 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,220 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28561 and you would come out at 35.10°S, 102.92°E — 776 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments49This ZIP49
Employees1,172This ZIP1,172
Annual payroll$55,820,000This ZIP$55,820,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28561

ZIPCityDistance
28563 New Bern, NC 0.9 mi
28564 New Bern, NC 0.9 mi
28562 New Bern, NC 3.2 mi
28519 Bridgeton, NC 3.9 mi
28560 New Bern, NC 5.8 mi
28573 Pollocksville, NC 11.0 mi
28529 Grantsboro, NC 11.2 mi
28527 Ernul, NC 11.2 mi
28523 Cove City, NC 14.6 mi
28509 Alliance, NC 15.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28561?

28561 is in New Bern, North Carolina, in Craven County, part of the New Bern, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1037, -77.0759.

What county is 28561 in?

28561 lies in Craven County.

What area code is 28561?

New Bern uses area code 252, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28561 in?

28561 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28561?

The closest are 28563 (0.9 mi), 28564 (0.9 mi), 28562 (3.2 mi), 28519 (3.9 mi) and 28560 (5.8 mi).

Is 28561 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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