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28608

ZIP 28608 is in Boone, North Carolina, in Watauga County; area code 828; Eastern time. Boone has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28607.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Watauga
Metro area
Boone, NC
Coordinates
36.2168, -81.6746

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 28607, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28608 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 28608
  • 🔢 Type 28608 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,608 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 149. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28607 (Boone, NC, 2 mi away) and 28609 (Catawba, NC, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28608 becomes 80682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02886, 06828, 08628, 08826, 08862, 20688, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86028 in Petrified Forest Natl Pk, AZ, 1,577 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯952 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28608 and you would come out at 36.22°S, 98.33°E — 1,044 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 28608

ZIPCityDistance
28607 Boone, NC 1.6 mi
28691 Valle Crucis, NC 5.8 mi
28605 Blowing Rock, NC 6.1 mi
28698 Zionville, NC 8.3 mi
28618 Deep Gap, NC 8.8 mi
28684 Todd, NC 9.0 mi
28679 Sugar Grove, NC 9.7 mi
28626 Fleetwood, NC 10.2 mi
28604 Banner Elk, NC 10.6 mi
28692 Vilas, NC 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28608?

28608 is in Boone, North Carolina, in Watauga County, part of the Boone, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2168, -81.6746.

What county is 28608 in?

28608 lies in Watauga County.

What area code is 28608?

Boone uses area code 828, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28608 in?

28608 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28608?

The closest are 28607 (1.6 mi), 28691 (5.8 mi), 28605 (6.1 mi), 28698 (8.3 mi) and 28618 (8.8 mi).

Is 28608 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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