Hickory North Carolina ZIP Codes

Hickory holds 3 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in Hickory

The complete list of Hickory, North Carolina ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP code	County
28601	Catawba County
28602	Catawba County
28603	Catawba County

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Hickory codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Hickory. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every Hickory ZIP code begins 286. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of North Carolina. Statewide that range covers 90 ZIP codes, so Hickory accounts for 3% of it.

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Area codes covering Hickory

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The codes below serve the same ground Hickory occupies.

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Where Hickory's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Hickory ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates. The outline is the convex envelope of those points — a footprint, not a boundary.

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

Cities near Hickory

The closest places to Hickory with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
City	Distance	ZIP codes
Hildebran North Carolina ZIP codes	5.8 mi	1 ZIP code
Conover North Carolina ZIP codes	6.0 mi	1 ZIP code
Rhodhiss North Carolina ZIP codes	6.5 mi	1 ZIP code
Granite Falls North Carolina ZIP codes	7.1 mi	1 ZIP code
Newton North Carolina ZIP codes	7.3 mi	1 ZIP code
Claremont North Carolina ZIP codes	9.5 mi	1 ZIP code
Connelly Springs North Carolina ZIP codes	10 mi	1 ZIP code
Maiden North Carolina ZIP codes	11 mi	1 ZIP code

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.