ZIP Code 28516

28516 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Beaufort, Carteret County.

City: Beaufort
County: Carteret County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 285xx

Where this code sits

28516 is part of the 285xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Beaufort.

Beaufort North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 28516 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 28516

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 28516.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 28528	5.0 mi	Gloucester, NC
ZIP code 28579	5.4 mi	Smyrna, NC
ZIP code 28531	5.6 mi	Harkers Island, NC
ZIP code 28553	6.4 mi	Marshallberg, NC
ZIP code 28589	7.0 mi	Williston, NC
ZIP code 28557	7.7 mi	Morehead City, NC
ZIP code 28512	7.8 mi	Atlantic Beach, NC
ZIP code 28524	9.6 mi	Davis, 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 28516, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 28516. 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.