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28793

ZIP 28793 is in Hendersonville, North Carolina, in Henderson County; area code 828; Eastern time. Hendersonville has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 28739, 28791 and 28792.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Henderson
Metro area
Asheville, NC
Coordinates
35.2927, -82.5036

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 28739, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28793 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 28793
  • 🔢 Type 28793 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EGLBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 28793 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000001111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28792 (Hendersonville, NC, 10 mi away) and 28801 (Asheville, NC, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28793 becomes 39782, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23879, 23897, 27839, 27893, 27938, 27983, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98327 in Dupont, WA, 2,212 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯933 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28793 and you would come out at 35.29°S, 97.50°E — 1,080 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees176This ZIP176
Annual payroll$7,230,000This ZIP$7,230,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 28793

ZIPCityDistance
28739 Hendersonville, NC 1.9 mi
28791 Hendersonville, NC 4.4 mi
28726 East Flat Rock, NC 5.0 mi
28758 Mountain Home, NC 5.7 mi
28729 Etowah, NC 5.9 mi
28760 Naples, NC 6.3 mi
28790 Zirconia, NC 6.5 mi
28731 Flat Rock, NC 7.0 mi
28784 Tuxedo, NC 7.1 mi
28766 Penrose, NC 7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28793?

28793 is in Hendersonville, North Carolina, in Henderson County, part of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2927, -82.5036.

What county is 28793 in?

28793 lies in Henderson County.

What area code is 28793?

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

What time zone is 28793 in?

28793 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28793?

The closest are 28739 (1.9 mi), 28791 (4.4 mi), 28726 (5 mi), 28758 (5.7 mi) and 28729 (5.9 mi).

Is 28793 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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