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Bald Head Island ZIP codes, North Carolina

No ZIP code is named for Bald Head Island, NC; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. The ZIP code covering it is 28461. Its area code is 910.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
1 more
Population
190
Area code
910

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Bald Head Island itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Boiling Spring Lakes (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

ZIP codes covering Bald Head Island

These ZIP codes cover part of Bald Head Island but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Bald Head Island
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
28461 Southport , NC Standard 23,762 $82,692 $428,600

Map of Bald Head Island ZIP codes

28461

The ZIP codes of Bald Head Island, NC, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Bald Head Island

The nearest larger towns are Caswell Beach (491 people, 4.8 mi), Southport (4,205 people, 4.9 mi) and Oak Island (9,030 people, 8.6 mi).

Towns near Bald Head Island
TownPopulationDistance
Southport 4,205 4.9 mi
Oak Island 9,030 8.6 mi
St. James 7,072 8.7 mi
Carolina Beach 6,745 13.0 mi
Boiling Spring Lakes 6,347 13.4 mi
Myrtle Grove 12,637 18.8 mi
Silver Lake 6,563 19.5 mi
Shallotte 4,639 24.2 mi
Belville 2,573 24.2 mi
Leland 29,607 24.3 mi
Wilmington 120,805 24.3 mi
Wrightsville Beach 2,665 26.1 mi
Kings Grant 9,003 28.4 mi
Wrightsboro 6,287 29.2 mi

More nearby: every ZIP code in Brunswick County · North Carolina ZIP codes

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