| City: | Morganton, North Carolina |
| County: | Burke County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:00:03 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 828 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.7456, -81.6852 |
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The single street route assigned to 28680 is Sanford Drive, which includes 183 delivery points with unit designations. The facility provides both PO Box service and limited carrier delivery, typical of small-town post offices that combine multiple service types. Burke County residents use this location for PO Box rentals while their homes often fall under different ZIP codes for street delivery.
Only Sanford Drive has carrier delivery through this ZIP, with 183 unit-based delivery points. The limited street coverage confirms this facility's primary role as a PO Box service center rather than a residential delivery zone.
ZIP Code 28680 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 25 business establishments, employing about 205 people with an annual payroll of $8,200,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,016Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 25Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,021,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $8,200,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 205Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 28680 is located in Burke County, North Carolina, within the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 25860) and North Carolina's 10th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 366,972 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 28680. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 25860Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 366,972Source: Census |
| MSA: | Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 10Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 2575.16 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3744400Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Morganton city; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 28680 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.