ZIP Code 28501

28501 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Kinston, Lenoir County.

City: Kinston
County: Lenoir County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 285xx

Where this code sits

28501 is part of the 285xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Kinston is served by 4 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Kinston page.

Kinston North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 28501 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 28501

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 28501.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 28502	1.1 mi	Kinston, NC
ZIP code 28503	2.9 mi	Kinston, NC
ZIP code 28504	6.4 mi	Kinston, NC
ZIP code 28525	10 mi	Deep Run, NC
ZIP code 28551	11 mi	La Grange, NC
ZIP code 28538	11 mi	Hookerton, NC
ZIP code 28530	12 mi	Grifton, NC
ZIP code 28526	13 mi	Dover, NC

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 28501, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 28501. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.