ZIP Code 28557

28557 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Morehead City, Carteret County.

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

Where this code sits

28557 is part of the 285xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Morehead City.

Morehead City North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 28557 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 28557

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 28557.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 28512	2.0 mi	Atlantic Beach, NC
ZIP code 28516	7.7 mi	Beaufort, NC
ZIP code 28575	8.0 mi	Salter Path, NC
ZIP code 28570	9.0 mi	Newport, NC
ZIP code 28531	11 mi	Harkers Island, NC
ZIP code 28528	12 mi	Gloucester, NC
ZIP code 28579	13 mi	Smyrna, NC
ZIP code 28553	13 mi	Marshallberg, 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 28557, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 28557. 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.