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28744

ZIP 28744 is in Franklin, North Carolina, in Macon County; area code 828; Eastern time. Franklin has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 28734.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Macon
Metro area
none
Coordinates
35.1823, -83.3815

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 28734, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28744 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 28744
  • 🔢 Type 28744 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,744 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3593. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28743 (Hot Springs, NC, 51 mi away) and 28745 (Lake Junaluska, NC, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28744 becomes 44782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24487, 24847, 24874, 27844, 28447, 42748, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84742 in Kanarraville, UT, 1,658 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯891 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28744 and you would come out at 35.18°S, 96.62°E — 1,128 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees201This ZIP201
Annual payroll$8,105,000This ZIP$8,105,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28744

ZIPCityDistance
28734 Franklin, NC 3.1 mi
28763 Otto, NC 11.6 mi
28775 Scaly Mountain, NC 11.8 mi
28741 Highlands, NC 12.5 mi
30537 Dillard, GA 14.3 mi
28781 Topton, NC 14.6 mi
28713 Bryson City, NC 14.6 mi
28788 Webster, NC 14.7 mi
28725 Dillsboro, NC 15.2 mi
28779 Sylva, NC 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28744?

28744 is in Franklin, North Carolina, in Macon County. Its published point location is 35.1823, -83.3815.

What county is 28744 in?

28744 lies in Macon County.

What area code is 28744?

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

What time zone is 28744 in?

28744 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28744?

The closest are 28734 (3.1 mi), 28763 (11.6 mi), 28775 (11.8 mi), 28741 (12.5 mi) and 30537 (14.3 mi).

Is 28744 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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