Vale North Carolina ZIP Codes

Vale holds a single ZIP code.

Every ZIP code in Vale

The complete list of Vale, North Carolina ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP code	County
28168	Lincoln 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We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP.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 Vale codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Vale. 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 Vale ZIP code begins 281. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of North Carolina. Statewide that range covers 50 ZIP codes, so Vale accounts for 2% of it.

Every North Carolina ZIP prefix and the region it covers →

Area codes covering Vale

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 Vale occupies.

Vale North Carolina area codes in full →

Where Vale's ZIP codes sit

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

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

Cities near Vale

The closest places to Vale with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
City	Distance	ZIP codes
Fallston North Carolina ZIP codes	6.6 mi	1 ZIP code
Casar North Carolina ZIP codes	8.9 mi	1 ZIP code
Lawndale North Carolina ZIP codes	9.3 mi	1 ZIP code
Cherryville North Carolina ZIP codes	10 mi	1 ZIP code
Waco North Carolina ZIP codes	11 mi	1 ZIP code
Polkville North Carolina ZIP codes	13 mi	1 ZIP code
Lincolnton North Carolina ZIP codes	13 mi	2 ZIP codes
Maiden North Carolina ZIP codes	14 mi	1 ZIP code

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.