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Zirconia, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Henderson
Elevation	2,185 ft (666 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	28790
Area code(s)	828
GNIS feature ID	1023354

Zirconia is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. Zirconia is located on North Carolina Highway 225 5.9 miles (9.5 km) south-southeast of Hendersonville. Zirconia has a post office with ZIP code 28790, which opened on June 9, 1853. The community was named for the valuable deposits of zircon in the area.

Municipalities and communities of Henderson County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Hendersonville

Cities	Hendersonville Saluda‡

Towns	Fletcher Laurel Park Mills River

Village	Flat Rock

CDPs	Balfour Barker Heights Dana East Flat Rock Edneyville Etowah Fruitland Gerton Hoopers Creek Horse Shoe Mountain Home Valley Hill

Unincorporated communities	Bat Cave Bearwallow Bowman Bluff Chestnut Hill Mountain Page Naples Tuxedo Zirconia

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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