ZIP Code 28609

28609 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Catawba, Catawba County.

City: Catawba
County: Catawba County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 286xx

Where this code sits

28609 is part of the 286xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Catawba.

Catawba North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 28609 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

828 Area code 828

ZIP codes nearest 28609

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 28609.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 28610	5.4 mi	Claremont, NC
ZIP code 28673	5.6 mi	Sherrills Ford, NC
ZIP code 28682	8.0 mi	Terrell, NC
ZIP code 28010	9.0 mi	Barium Springs, NC
ZIP code 28166	9.5 mi	Troutman, NC
ZIP code 28650	9.8 mi	Maiden, NC
ZIP code 28613	10 mi	Conover, NC
ZIP code 28658	11 mi	Newton, 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 28609, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 28609. 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.