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Kinston North Carolina ZIP Codes

Kinston holds 4 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in Kinston

The complete list of Kinston, North Carolina ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP codeCounty
28501Lenoir County
28502Lenoir County
28503Lenoir County
28504Lenoir County

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Kinston codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Kinston. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated . ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every Kinston ZIP code begins 285. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of North Carolina. Statewide that range covers 71 ZIP codes, so Kinston accounts for 6% of it.

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Area codes covering Kinston

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The code below serves the same ground Kinston occupies.

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Where Kinston's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Kinston ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates. The outline is the convex envelope of those points — a footprint, not a boundary.
  • Reference points and footprint
  • Not an official NANPA boundary
  • Not a USPS delivery area

Cities near Kinston

The closest places to Kinston with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
CityDistanceZIP codes
Dover North Carolina ZIP codes9.9 mi1 ZIP code
Hookerton North Carolina ZIP codes10 mi1 ZIP code
Grifton North Carolina ZIP codes11 mi1 ZIP code
La Grange North Carolina ZIP codes11 mi1 ZIP code
Snow Hill North Carolina ZIP codes13 mi1 ZIP code
Seven Springs North Carolina ZIP codes15 mi1 ZIP code
Cove City North Carolina ZIP codes17 mi1 ZIP code
Ayden North Carolina ZIP codes17 mi1 ZIP code

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