Speed North Carolina ZIP Codes

Speed holds a single ZIP code.

Every ZIP code in Speed

The complete list of Speed, North Carolina ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP code	County
27881	Edgecombe 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We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP.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 Speed codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Speed. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every Speed ZIP code begins 278. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of North Carolina. Statewide that range covers 93 ZIP codes, so Speed accounts for 1% of it.

Every North Carolina ZIP prefix and the region it covers →

Area codes covering Speed

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 Speed occupies.

252 Area code 252

These codes are associated with Speed through county-level matching, not a per-address guarantee.

Speed North Carolina area codes in full →

Where Speed's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Speed ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Cities near Speed

The closest places to Speed with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
City	Distance	ZIP codes
Hobgood North Carolina ZIP codes	4.9 mi	1 ZIP code
Tarboro North Carolina ZIP codes	7.7 mi	1 ZIP code
Oak City North Carolina ZIP codes	7.8 mi	1 ZIP code
Hassell North Carolina ZIP codes	10 mi	1 ZIP code
Conetoe North Carolina ZIP codes	10 mi	1 ZIP code
Scotland Neck North Carolina ZIP codes	11 mi	1 ZIP code
Bethel North Carolina ZIP codes	12 mi	1 ZIP code
Parmele North Carolina ZIP codes	13 mi	1 ZIP code

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.