ZIP Code 27803

27803 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Rocky Mount, Nash County.

City: Rocky Mount
County: Nash County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 278xx

Where this code sits

27803 is part of the 278xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Rocky Mount is served by 5 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Rocky Mount page.

Rocky Mount North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27803 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 27803

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27803.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27815	2.9 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27802	3.1 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27878	4.0 mi	Sharpsburg, NC
ZIP code 27801	4.4 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27804	4.6 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27822	7.9 mi	Elm City, NC
ZIP code 27856	8.1 mi	Nashville, NC
ZIP code 27809	9.2 mi	Battleboro, 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 27803, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27803. 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.