| City: | Dana, North Carolina |
| County: | Henderson County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:01:46 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 828 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.3293, -82.3757 |
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Dana is a small community in Henderson County, North Carolina, tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville. This ZIP code doesn't have a defined geographic territory. Instead, it's a point location for the post office, which sits within the larger ZIP 28792 (Hendersonville). The Dana post office maintains 379 PO Boxes for the surrounding rural community.
This is a PO Box Only Zone. There's no alternative mail delivery method in this area, so residents must pick up their mail at the post office. Despite the PO Box classification, the ZIP data shows 2 city carrier routes and 57 delivery records along Ridge Road. These likely represent PO Box Street Addressing, which lets customers use the post office's street address with their box number.
The Dana area has 7 small businesses employing 13 people. The post office also offers General Delivery for those without a permanent box. Nearby subdivisions like Grand Highlands at Bear Wallow and Monarch Estates (8-10 miles away) suggest this mountain community sits between Hendersonville and rural mountain territory.
Only one street appears in the ZIP data: Ridge Road with unit-style secondary addresses, likely representing the post office location for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 28724 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 12 people with an annual payroll of $404,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,281Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $95,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $404,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 12Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 28724 is located in Henderson County, North Carolina, within the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 11700) and North Carolina's 11st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 410,817 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 28724. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Asheville, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 11700Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 410,817Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 11Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 6838.24 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3716220Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Dana CDP; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 28724 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.