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28765

ZIP 28765 is Penland, North Carolina, in Mitchell County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mitchell
Metro area
none
Coordinates
35.9219, -82.1107

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 28777, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28765 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 28765
  • 🔢 Type 28765 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,765 = 5 × 11 × 523. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28763 (Otto, NC, 98 mi away) and 28766 (Penrose, NC, 55 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28765 becomes 56782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25678, 25876, 26578, 26587, 27568, 27586, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85267 in Scottsdale, AZ, 1,693 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯936 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28765 and you would come out at 35.92°S, 97.89°E — 1,064 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 28765

ZIPCityDistance
28777 Spruce Pine, NC 2.7 mi
28749 Little Switzerland, NC 5.6 mi
28755 Micaville, NC 6.1 mi
28705 Bakersville, NC 8.2 mi
28647 Linville Falls, NC 9.7 mi
28664 Plumtree, NC 10.2 mi
28714 Burnsville, NC 11.3 mi
28657 Newland, NC 11.7 mi
28616 Crossnore, NC 12.2 mi
28641 Jonas Ridge, NC 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28765?

28765 is in Penland, North Carolina, in Mitchell County. Its published point location is 35.9219, -82.1107.

What county is 28765 in?

28765 lies in Mitchell County.

What area code is 28765?

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

What time zone is 28765 in?

28765 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28765?

The closest are 28777 (2.7 mi), 28749 (5.6 mi), 28755 (6.1 mi), 28705 (8.2 mi) and 28647 (9.7 mi).

Is 28765 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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