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28737

ZIP 28737 is Glenwood, North Carolina, in McDowell County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
McDowell
Metro area
Marion, NC
Coordinates
35.7387, -82.0595

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 28752, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28737 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 28737
  • 🔢 Type 28737 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LELBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,737 = 3 × 3 × 31 × 103. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28736 (Glenville, NC, 70 mi away) and 28738 (Hazelwood, NC, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28737 becomes 73782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27837, 27873, 28377, 28773, 32778, 32877, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83277 in Springfield, ID, 1,701 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯944 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28737 and you would come out at 35.74°S, 97.94°E — 1,059 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 28737

ZIPCityDistance
28752 Marion, NC 2.4 mi
28749 Little Switzerland, NC 7.4 mi
28761 Nebo, NC 9.2 mi
28762 Old Fort, NC 10.2 mi
28777 Spruce Pine, NC 11.7 mi
28765 Penland, NC 13.0 mi
28755 Micaville, NC 14.7 mi
28770 Ridgecrest, NC 14.7 mi
28757 Montreat, NC 14.8 mi
28711 Black Mountain, NC 15.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28737?

28737 is in Glenwood, North Carolina, in McDowell County, part of the Marion, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7387, -82.0595.

What county is 28737 in?

28737 lies in McDowell County.

What area code is 28737?

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

What time zone is 28737 in?

28737 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28737?

The closest are 28752 (2.4 mi), 28749 (7.4 mi), 28761 (9.2 mi), 28762 (10.2 mi) and 28777 (11.7 mi).

Is 28737 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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