ZIP Code 27938

27938 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Gatesville, Gates County.

City: Gatesville
County: Gates County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 279xx

Where this code sits

27938 is part of the 279xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Gatesville.

Gatesville North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27938 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 27938

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27938.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27969	5.8 mi	Roduco, NC
ZIP code 27935	6.6 mi	Eure, NC
ZIP code 27937	6.9 mi	Gates, NC
ZIP code 27979	7.0 mi	Sunbury, NC
ZIP code 27946	7.4 mi	Hobbsville, NC
ZIP code 27942	8.7 mi	Harrellsville, NC
ZIP code 27922	9.4 mi	Cofield, NC
ZIP code 27926	11 mi	Corapeake, 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 27938, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27938. 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.