ZIP Code 27878

27878 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Sharpsburg, Nash County.

City: Sharpsburg
County: Nash County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 278xx

Where this code sits

27878 is part of the 278xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Sharpsburg.

Sharpsburg North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27878 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 27878

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27878.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27815	3.4 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27822	3.9 mi	Elm City, NC
ZIP code 27803	4.0 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27802	5.8 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27801	6.9 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27804	8.6 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27896	9.9 mi	Wilson, NC
ZIP code 27856	11 mi	Nashville, 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 27878, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27878. 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.