ZIP Code 28786

28786 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Waynesville, Haywood County.

City: Waynesville
County: Haywood County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 287xx

Where this code sits

28786 is part of the 287xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Waynesville is served by 2 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Waynesville page.

Waynesville North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 28786 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

828 Area code 828

ZIP codes nearest 28786

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 28786.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 28745	2.0 mi	Lake Junaluska, NC
ZIP code 28738	2.4 mi	Hazelwood, NC
ZIP code 28785	2.4 mi	Waynesville, NC
ZIP code 28721	5.6 mi	Clyde, NC
ZIP code 28751	5.9 mi	Maggie Valley, NC
ZIP code 28707	7.4 mi	Balsam, NC
ZIP code 28716	8.5 mi	Canton, NC
ZIP code 28728	16 mi	Enka, 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 28786, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 28786. 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.