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28903

ZIP 28903 is Culberson, North Carolina, in Cherokee County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cherokee
Metro area
none
Coordinates
34.9917, -84.1677

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 28906, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 28903 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 28903
  • 🔢 Type 28903 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOGBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,903 = 7 × 4129. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000011100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28902 (Brasstown, NC, 12 mi away) and 28904 (Hayesville, NC, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28903 becomes 30982, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02839, 02893, 03289, 03298, 08329, 09823, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09832 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,364 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯857 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28903 and you would come out at 34.99°S, 95.83°E — 1,171 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 28903

ZIPCityDistance
30559 Mineral Bluff, GA 6.5 mi
28906 Murphy, NC 6.8 mi
30560 Morganton, GA 8.2 mi
28902 Brasstown, NC 12.0 mi
37326 Ducktown, TN 12.7 mi
37391 Turtletown, TN 12.7 mi
30514 Blairsville, GA 14.3 mi
30555 Mc Caysville, GA 14.3 mi
30512 Blairsville, GA 14.7 mi
30513 Blue Ridge, GA 14.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28903?

28903 is in Culberson, North Carolina, in Cherokee County. Its published point location is 34.9917, -84.1677.

What county is 28903 in?

28903 lies in Cherokee County.

What area code is 28903?

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

What time zone is 28903 in?

28903 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 28903?

The closest are 30559 (6.5 mi), 28906 (6.8 mi), 30560 (8.2 mi), 28902 (12 mi) and 37326 (12.7 mi).

Is 28903 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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