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28680

ZIP 28680 is in Morganton, North Carolina, in Burke County; area code 828; Eastern time. Morganton has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28655.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Burke
Coordinates
35.7507, -81.6953

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 28655, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28680 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 28680
  • 🔢 Type 28680 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,680 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 239. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000000001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28679 (Sugar Grove, NC, 36 mi away) and 28681 (Taylorsville, NC, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28680 becomes 08682, 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, 1,579 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯962 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28680 and you would come out at 35.75°S, 98.30°E — 1,039 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees205This ZIP205
Annual payroll$8,200,000This ZIP$8,200,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28680

ZIPCityDistance
28655 Morganton, NC 3.2 mi
28628 Glen Alpine, NC 4.9 mi
28619 Drexel, NC 5.0 mi
28690 Valdese, NC 6.9 mi
28671 Rutherford College, NC 9.5 mi
28612 Connelly Springs, NC 11.2 mi
28761 Nebo, NC 12.6 mi
28666 Icard, NC 12.8 mi
28638 Hudson, NC 13.8 mi
28633 Lenoir, NC 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28680?

28680 is in Morganton, North Carolina, in Burke County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7507, -81.6953.

What county is 28680 in?

28680 lies in Burke County.

What area code is 28680?

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

What time zone is 28680 in?

28680 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28680?

The closest are 28655 (3.2 mi), 28628 (4.9 mi), 28619 (5 mi), 28690 (6.9 mi) and 28671 (9.5 mi).

Is 28680 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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