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28633

ZIP 28633 is in Lenoir, North Carolina, in Caldwell County; area code 828; Eastern time. Lenoir has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28645.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caldwell
Coordinates
35.9140, -81.5390

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 28645, 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 28633
  • 🔢 Type 28633 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EEgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,633 = 11 × 19 × 137. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28631 (Grassy Creek, NC, 44 mi away) and 28634 (Harmony, NC, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28633 becomes 33682 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tampa, FL, 558 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23836, 26338, 26833, 28363, 32683, 32836, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83632 in Indian Valley, ID, 1,917 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯966 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28633 and you would come out at 35.91°S, 98.46°E — 1,033 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 28633

ZIPCityDistance
28645 Lenoir, NC 4.5 mi
28638 Hudson, NC 5.9 mi
28661 Patterson, NC 5.9 mi
28630 Granite Falls, NC 8.7 mi
28619 Drexel, NC 11.3 mi
28671 Rutherford College, NC 11.3 mi
28667 Rhodhiss, NC 11.6 mi
28690 Valdese, NC 12.7 mi
28611 Collettsville, NC 12.8 mi
28666 Icard, NC 14.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28633?

28633 is in Lenoir, North Carolina, in Caldwell County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9140, -81.5390.

What county is 28633 in?

28633 lies in Caldwell County.

What area code is 28633?

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

What time zone is 28633 in?

28633 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28633?

The closest are 28645 (4.5 mi), 28638 (5.9 mi), 28661 (5.9 mi), 28630 (8.7 mi) and 28619 (11.3 mi).

Is 28633 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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