Lake Waccamaw North Carolina ZIP Codes

Lake Waccamaw holds a single ZIP code.

Every ZIP code in Lake Waccamaw

The complete list of Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP code	County
28450	Columbus 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We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP.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 Lake Waccamaw codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Lake Waccamaw. 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 Lake Waccamaw ZIP code begins 284. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of North Carolina. Statewide that range covers 62 ZIP codes, so Lake Waccamaw accounts for 2% of it.

Every North Carolina ZIP prefix and the region it covers →

Area codes covering Lake Waccamaw

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 Lake Waccamaw occupies.

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Where Lake Waccamaw's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Lake Waccamaw ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Cities near Lake Waccamaw

The closest places to Lake Waccamaw with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
City	Distance	ZIP codes
Bolton North Carolina ZIP codes	6.3 mi	1 ZIP code
Whiteville North Carolina ZIP codes	11 mi	1 ZIP code
Brunswick North Carolina ZIP codes	12 mi	1 ZIP code
Clarkton North Carolina ZIP codes	14 mi	1 ZIP code
Chadbourn North Carolina ZIP codes	18 mi	1 ZIP code
Elizabethtown North Carolina ZIP codes	22 mi	1 ZIP code
Bladenboro North Carolina ZIP codes	22 mi	1 ZIP code
Tabor City North Carolina ZIP codes	24 mi	1 ZIP code

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