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28687

ZIP 28687 is in Statesville, North Carolina, in Iredell County; area codes 704 and 980; Eastern time. Statesville has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 28625 and 28677.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Iredell
Coordinates
35.7826, -80.8873

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 28677, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28687 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 28687
  • 🔢 Type 28687 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 28687 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000000001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28685 (Traphill, NC, 40 mi away) and 28688 (Turnersburg, NC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28687 becomes 78682 — and that is a real ZIP code: Round Rock, TX, 1,027 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27868, 27886, 28678, 28768, 28786, 62878, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88267 in Tatum, NM, 1,289 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,004 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28687 and you would come out at 35.78°S, 99.11°E — 995 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 establishments31This ZIP31
Employees572This ZIP572
Annual payroll$31,855,000This ZIP$31,855,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28687

ZIPCityDistance
28677 Statesville, NC 3.8 mi
28010 Barium Springs, NC 4.4 mi
28625 Statesville, NC 6.0 mi
28166 Troutman, NC 7.4 mi
28699 Scotts, NC 7.5 mi
28688 Turnersburg, NC 9.8 mi
27013 Cleveland, NC 10.7 mi
28678 Stony Point, NC 10.9 mi
28609 Catawba, NC 12.0 mi
28660 Olin, NC 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28687?

28687 is in Statesville, North Carolina, in Iredell County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7826, -80.8873.

What county is 28687 in?

28687 lies in Iredell County.

What area code is 28687?

Statesville uses area codes 704 and 980, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28687 in?

28687 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28687?

The closest are 28677 (3.8 mi), 28010 (4.4 mi), 28625 (6 mi), 28166 (7.4 mi) and 28699 (7.5 mi).

Is 28687 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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