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New Bern North Carolina ZIP Codes

New Bern holds 5 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in New Bern

The complete list of New Bern, North Carolina ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP codeCounty
28560Craven County
28561Craven County
28562Craven County
28563Craven County
28564Craven 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We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP.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 New Bern codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

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

How these codes cluster

Every New Bern ZIP code begins 285. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of North Carolina. Statewide that range covers 71 ZIP codes, so New Bern accounts for 7% of it.

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Area codes covering New Bern

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 New Bern occupies.

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Where New Bern's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one New Bern 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 New Bern

The closest places to New Bern with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
CityDistanceZIP codes
Bridgeton North Carolina ZIP codes4.0 mi1 ZIP code
Pollocksville North Carolina ZIP codes11 mi1 ZIP code
Grantsboro North Carolina ZIP codes13 mi1 ZIP code
Arapahoe North Carolina ZIP codes15 mi1 ZIP code
Vanceboro North Carolina ZIP codes15 mi1 ZIP code
Alliance North Carolina ZIP codes15 mi1 ZIP code
Cove City North Carolina ZIP codes15 mi1 ZIP code
Maysville North Carolina ZIP codes16 mi1 ZIP code

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