ZIP Code 28502

28502 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

28502 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 28502 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 28502

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 28502.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 28501	1.1 mi	Kinston, NC
ZIP code 28503	4.0 mi	Kinston, NC
ZIP code 28504	5.8 mi	Kinston, NC
ZIP code 28525	9.3 mi	Deep Run, NC
ZIP code 28551	11 mi	La Grange, NC
ZIP code 28530	12 mi	Grifton, NC
ZIP code 28538	12 mi	Hookerton, NC
ZIP code 28526	12 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 28502, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 28502. 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.