Morganton North Carolina ZIP Codes

Morganton holds 2 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in Morganton

The complete list of Morganton, North Carolina ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP code	County
28655	Burke County
28680	Burke 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We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP.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 Morganton codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Morganton. 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 Morganton 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 Morganton accounts for 2% of it.

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Area codes covering Morganton

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

828 Area code 828

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Where Morganton's ZIP codes sit

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

Reference points and footprint
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Cities near Morganton

The closest places to Morganton with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
City	Distance	ZIP codes
Glen Alpine North Carolina ZIP codes	4.7 mi	1 ZIP code
Drexel North Carolina ZIP codes	5.3 mi	1 ZIP code
Valdese North Carolina ZIP codes	7.2 mi	1 ZIP code
Rutherford College North Carolina ZIP codes	9.7 mi	1 ZIP code
Connelly Springs North Carolina ZIP codes	11 mi	1 ZIP code
Nebo North Carolina ZIP codes	12 mi	1 ZIP code
Hudson North Carolina ZIP codes	14 mi	1 ZIP code
Rhodhiss North Carolina ZIP codes	15 mi	1 ZIP code

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