ZIP Code 27979

27979 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Sunbury, Gates County.

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

Where this code sits

27979 is part of the 279xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Sunbury.

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27979 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

252 Area code 252

ZIP codes nearest 27979

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27979.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27946	5.4 mi	Hobbsville, NC
ZIP code 27926	6.0 mi	Corapeake, NC
ZIP code 27938	7.0 mi	Gatesville, NC
ZIP code 27919	9.2 mi	Belvidere, NC
ZIP code 27937	9.9 mi	Gates, NC
ZIP code 27969	12 mi	Roduco, NC
ZIP code 23438	12 mi	Suffolk, VA
ZIP code 27980	13 mi	Tyner, 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 27979, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 27979. 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.