ZIP Code 27972

27972 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Salvo, Dare County.

City: Salvo
County: Dare County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 279xx

Where this code sits

27972 is part of the 279xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Salvo.

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27972 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 27972

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27972.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27982	0.7 mi	Waves, NC
ZIP code 27968	2.7 mi	Rodanthe, NC
ZIP code 27915	14 mi	Avon, NC
ZIP code 27978	20 mi	Stumpy Point, NC
ZIP code 27920	20 mi	Buxton, NC
ZIP code 27981	23 mi	Wanchese, NC
ZIP code 27936	24 mi	Frisco, NC
ZIP code 27959	24 mi	Nags Head, 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 27972, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27972. 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.