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28563

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

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Craven
Metro area
New Bern, NC
Coordinates
35.1109, -77.0634

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 28560, 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 28563
  • 🔢 Type 28563 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EgSBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,563 = 3 × 9521. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111110010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28562 (New Bern, NC, 4 mi away) and 28564 (New Bern, NC, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28563 becomes 36582 — and that is a real ZIP code: Theodore, AL, 718 miles away.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23856, 25638, 25836, 26385, 28356, 28365, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83526 in Ferdinand, ID, 2,174 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,221 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28563 and you would come out at 35.11°S, 102.94°E — 775 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 establishments20This ZIP20
Employees473This ZIP473
Annual payroll$46,827,000This ZIP$46,827,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28563

ZIPCityDistance
28564 New Bern, NC 0.0 mi
28561 New Bern, NC 0.9 mi
28519 Bridgeton, NC 3.1 mi
28562 New Bern, NC 4.1 mi
28560 New Bern, NC 5.0 mi
28529 Grantsboro, NC 10.5 mi
28527 Ernul, NC 10.5 mi
28573 Pollocksville, NC 11.8 mi
28509 Alliance, NC 14.7 mi
28523 Cove City, NC 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28563?

28563 is in New Bern, North Carolina, in Craven County, part of the New Bern, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1109, -77.0634.

What county is 28563 in?

28563 lies in Craven County.

What area code is 28563?

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

What time zone is 28563 in?

28563 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28563?

The closest are 28564 (0 mi), 28561 (0.9 mi), 28519 (3.1 mi), 28562 (4.1 mi) and 28560 (5 mi).

Is 28563 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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