ZIP Code 28742

28742 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Horse Shoe, Henderson County.

City: Horse Shoe
County: Henderson County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 287xx

Where this code sits

28742 is part of the 287xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Horse Shoe.

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 28742 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

828 Area code 828

ZIP codes nearest 28742

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 28742.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 28791	1.8 mi	Hendersonville, NC
ZIP code 28729	2.9 mi	Etowah, NC
ZIP code 28759	3.3 mi	Mills River, NC
ZIP code 28739	3.6 mi	Hendersonville, NC
ZIP code 28758	4.0 mi	Mountain Home, NC
ZIP code 28793	4.6 mi	Hendersonville, NC
ZIP code 28760	5.0 mi	Naples, NC
ZIP code 28766	7.3 mi	Penrose, 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 28742, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 28742. 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.