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28647

ZIP 28647 is Linville Falls, North Carolina, in Burke County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Burke
Coordinates
35.9593, -81.9429

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 28657, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28647 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 28647
  • 🔢 Type 28647 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,647 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 1061. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28646 (Linville, NC, 10 mi away) and 28649 (Mc Grady, NC, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28647 becomes 74682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24867, 26847, 27846, 27864, 28467, 28746, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86427 in Fort Mohave, AZ, 1,829 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯944 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28647 and you would come out at 35.96°S, 98.06°E — 1,056 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees44This ZIP44
Annual payroll$917,000This ZIP$917,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28647

ZIPCityDistance
28641 Jonas Ridge, NC 2.9 mi
28657 Newland, NC 4.3 mi
28616 Crossnore, NC 4.4 mi
28662 Pineola, NC 5.2 mi
28664 Plumtree, NC 6.7 mi
28777 Spruce Pine, NC 7.7 mi
28653 Montezuma, NC 7.7 mi
28652 Minneapolis, NC 9.3 mi
28646 Linville, NC 9.5 mi
28765 Penland, NC 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28647?

28647 is in Linville Falls, North Carolina, in Burke County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9593, -81.9429.

What county is 28647 in?

28647 lies in Burke County.

What area code is 28647?

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

What time zone is 28647 in?

28647 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28647?

The closest are 28641 (2.9 mi), 28657 (4.3 mi), 28616 (4.4 mi), 28662 (5.2 mi) and 28664 (6.7 mi).

Is 28647 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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