28656

ZIP 28656 is in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in Wilkes County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. North Wilkesboro has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28659.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Wilkes
Metro area: North Wilkesboro, NC
Coordinates: 36.2384, -81.0460

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 28659, 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 28656

🔢 Type 28656 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 28,656 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 199. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111110000
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28655 (Morganton, NC, 51 mi away) and 28657 (Newland, NC, 52 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 28656 becomes 65682 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lockwood, MO, 719 miles away.
👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25686, 25866, 26568, 26586, 26865, 28665, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85266 in Scottsdale, AZ, 1,748 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
🎯984 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28656 and you would come out at 36.24°S, 98.95°E — 1,010 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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ZIP codes near 28656

ZIP	City	Distance
`28669`	Roaring River, NC	3.3 mi
`28659`	North Wilkesboro, NC	5.9 mi
`28685`	Traphill, NC	7.5 mi
`28635`	Hays, NC	7.9 mi
`28670`	Ronda, NC	8.0 mi
`28697`	Wilkesboro, NC	9.6 mi
`28649`	Mc Grady, NC	11.4 mi
`28676`	State Road, NC	12.4 mi
`28642`	Jonesville, NC	12.9 mi
`28683`	Thurmond, NC	12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28656?

28656 is in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in Wilkes County, part of the North Wilkesboro, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2384, -81.0460.

What county is 28656 in?

28656 lies in Wilkes County.

What area code is 28656?

North Wilkesboro uses area codes 336 and 743, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28656 in?

28656 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28656?

The closest are 28669 (3.3 mi), 28659 (5.9 mi), 28685 (7.5 mi), 28635 (7.9 mi) and 28670 (8 mi).

Is 28656 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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