ZIP Code 27948

27948 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Kill Devil Hills, Dare County.

City: Kill Devil Hills
County: Dare County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 279xx

Where this code sits

27948 is part of the 279xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Kill Devil Hills.

Kill Devil Hills North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27948 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 27948

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27948.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27949	4.2 mi	Kitty Hawk, NC
ZIP code 27954	7.9 mi	Manteo, NC
ZIP code 27964	8.4 mi	Point Harbor, NC
ZIP code 27959	9.4 mi	Nags Head, NC
ZIP code 27941	10 mi	Harbinger, NC
ZIP code 27981	10 mi	Wanchese, NC
ZIP code 27966	12 mi	Powells Point, NC
ZIP code 27947	15 mi	Jarvisburg, 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 27948, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27948. 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.