ZIP Code 27949

27949 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Kitty Hawk, Dare County.

City: Kitty Hawk
County: Dare County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 279xx

Where this code sits

27949 is part of the 279xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Kitty Hawk.

Kitty Hawk North Carolina ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27949 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 27949

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27949.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27948	4.2 mi	Kill Devil Hills, NC
ZIP code 27964	5.3 mi	Point Harbor, NC
ZIP code 27941	6.7 mi	Harbinger, NC
ZIP code 27966	7.8 mi	Powells Point, NC
ZIP code 27947	11 mi	Jarvisburg, NC
ZIP code 27954	12 mi	Manteo, NC
ZIP code 27959	14 mi	Nags Head, NC
ZIP code 27981	14 mi	Wanchese, 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 27949, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27949. 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.