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28691

ZIP 28691 is Valle Crucis, North Carolina, in Watauga County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Watauga
Metro area
Boone, NC
Coordinates
36.2092, -81.7789

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 28679, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28691 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 28691
  • 🔢 Type 28691 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IGgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,691 = 13 × 2207. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000000010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28690 (Valdese, NC, 35 mi away) and 28692 (Vilas, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28691 becomes 19682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12986, 16829, 16928, 18629, 18962, 21869, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96218 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,088 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯946 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28691 and you would come out at 36.21°S, 98.22°E — 1,050 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees202This ZIP202
Annual payroll$9,189,000This ZIP$9,189,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28691

ZIPCityDistance
28679 Sugar Grove, NC 4.9 mi
28604 Banner Elk, NC 4.9 mi
28608 Boone, NC 5.8 mi
28605 Blowing Rock, NC 7.2 mi
28698 Zionville, NC 7.3 mi
28607 Boone, NC 7.4 mi
28692 Vilas, NC 8.0 mi
28622 Elk Park, NC 9.5 mi
28646 Linville, NC 10.1 mi
37691 Trade, TN 11.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28691?

28691 is in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, in Watauga County, part of the Boone, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2092, -81.7789.

What county is 28691 in?

28691 lies in Watauga County.

What area code is 28691?

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

What time zone is 28691 in?

28691 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28691?

The closest are 28679 (4.9 mi), 28604 (4.9 mi), 28608 (5.8 mi), 28605 (7.2 mi) and 28698 (7.3 mi).

Is 28691 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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