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28661

ZIP 28661 is Patterson, North Carolina, in Caldwell County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caldwell
Coordinates
35.9973, -81.5626

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 28661
  • 🔢 Type 28661 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IggBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 28661 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28660 (Olin, NC, 40 mi away) and 28662 (Pineola, NC, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28661 becomes 16682 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sproul, PA, 340 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12866, 16682, 16826, 18626, 21668, 21866, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81626 in Craig, CO, 1,438 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯963 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28661 and you would come out at 36.00°S, 98.44°E — 1,035 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 establishments3This ZIP3
Employees67This ZIP67
Annual payroll$3,033,000This ZIP$3,033,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28661

ZIPCityDistance
28645 Lenoir, NC 1.5 mi
28633 Lenoir, NC 5.9 mi
28611 Collettsville, NC 9.8 mi
28638 Hudson, NC 11.5 mi
28605 Blowing Rock, NC 11.8 mi
28624 Ferguson, NC 11.9 mi
28630 Granite Falls, NC 13.9 mi
28606 Boomer, NC 14.8 mi
28618 Deep Gap, NC 15.2 mi
28607 Boone, NC 15.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28661?

28661 is in Patterson, North Carolina, in Caldwell County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9973, -81.5626.

What county is 28661 in?

28661 lies in Caldwell County.

What area code is 28661?

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

What time zone is 28661 in?

28661 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28661?

The closest are 28645 (1.5 mi), 28633 (5.9 mi), 28611 (9.8 mi), 28638 (11.5 mi) and 28605 (11.8 mi).

Is 28661 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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