ZIP Code 28604

28604 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Banner Elk, Avery County.

City: Banner Elk
County: Avery County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 286xx

Where this code sits

28604 is part of the 286xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Banner Elk.

Banner Elk North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 28604 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

828 Area code 828

ZIP codes nearest 28604

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 28604.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 28691	4.4 mi	Valle Crucis, NC
ZIP code 28679	6.4 mi	Sugar Grove, NC
ZIP code 28622	6.9 mi	Elk Park, NC
ZIP code 28692	7.3 mi	Vilas, NC
ZIP code 28646	7.4 mi	Linville, NC
ZIP code 28653	8.0 mi	Montezuma, NC
ZIP code 28605	8.3 mi	Blowing Rock, NC
ZIP code 28657	9.2 mi	Newland, 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 28604, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 28604. 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.