ZIP Code 27278

27278 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Hillsborough, Orange County.

City: Hillsborough
County: Orange County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 272xx

Where this code sits

27278 is part of the 272xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Hillsborough.

Hillsborough North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27278 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

ZIP codes nearest 27278

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27278.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27599	1.8 mi	Chapel Hill, NC
ZIP code 27243	5.5 mi	Efland, NC
ZIP code 27705	8.8 mi	Durham, NC
ZIP code 27712	9.1 mi	Durham, NC
ZIP code 27231	9.7 mi	Cedar Grove, NC
ZIP code 27708	9.9 mi	Durham, NC
ZIP code 27706	9.9 mi	Durham, NC
ZIP code 27302	10 mi	Mebane, NC

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

Each point is the reference point for 27278, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27278. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.