ZIP Code 27896

27896 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Wilson, Wilson County.

City: Wilson
County: Wilson County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 278xx

Where this code sits

27896 is part of the 278xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Wilson is served by 4 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Wilson page.

Wilson North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27896 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 27896

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27896.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27893	4.2 mi	Wilson, NC
ZIP code 27895	4.4 mi	Wilson, NC
ZIP code 27894	5.4 mi	Wilson, NC
ZIP code 27880	6.6 mi	Sims, NC
ZIP code 27807	7.0 mi	Bailey, NC
ZIP code 27822	7.1 mi	Elm City, NC
ZIP code 27851	9.4 mi	Lucama, NC
ZIP code 27813	9.7 mi	Black Creek, 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 27896, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27896. 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.