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28728

ZIP 28728 is Enka, North Carolina, in Buncombe County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Buncombe
Metro area
Asheville, NC
Coordinates
35.4988, -82.7080

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 28715, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28728 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 28728
  • 🔢 Type 28728 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,728 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 19. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000000111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28727 (Edneyville, NC, 22 mi away) and 28729 (Etowah, NC, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28728 becomes 82782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27288, 27828, 27882, 28278, 28287, 28782, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78228 in San Antonio, TX, 1,013 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯917 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28728 and you would come out at 35.50°S, 97.29°E — 1,093 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees311This ZIP311
Annual payroll$24,016,000This ZIP$24,016,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28728

ZIPCityDistance
28715 Candler, NC 0.9 mi
28806 Asheville, NC 7.1 mi
28704 Arden, NC 8.1 mi
28742 Horse Shoe, NC 8.6 mi
28716 Canton, NC 8.9 mi
28802 Asheville, NC 8.9 mi
28759 Mills River, NC 10.5 mi
28776 Skyland, NC 10.6 mi
28803 Asheville, NC 10.6 mi
28801 Asheville, NC 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28728?

28728 is in Enka, North Carolina, in Buncombe County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4988, -82.7080.

What county is 28728 in?

28728 lies in Buncombe County.

What area code is 28728?

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

What time zone is 28728 in?

28728 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28728?

The closest are 28715 (0.9 mi), 28806 (7.1 mi), 28704 (8.1 mi), 28742 (8.6 mi) and 28716 (8.9 mi).

Is 28728 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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