ZIP Code 27886

27886 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Tarboro, Edgecombe County.

City: Tarboro
County: Edgecombe County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 278xx

Where this code sits

27886 is part of the 278xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Tarboro.

Tarboro North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27886 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 27886

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27886.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27881	7.2 mi	Speed, NC
ZIP code 27819	7.5 mi	Conetoe, NC
ZIP code 27864	9.3 mi	Pinetops, NC
ZIP code 27809	12 mi	Battleboro, NC
ZIP code 27812	12 mi	Bethel, NC
ZIP code 27852	13 mi	Macclesfield, NC
ZIP code 27801	13 mi	Rocky Mount, NC
ZIP code 27843	14 mi	Hobgood, 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 27886, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27886. 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.