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Smallest ZIP Codes in North Carolina by Land Area

What this measures. Land area of the Census tabulation area, smallest first. These are almost always dense urban ZIP codes covering a few city blocks. Source: Census Gazetteer, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Land area
1 28758 Mountain Home Henderson 0.01 sq mi
2 28282 Charlotte Mecklenburg 0.01 sq mi
3 28244 Charlotte Mecklenburg 0.01 sq mi
4 28280 Charlotte Mecklenburg 0.01 sq mi
5 27697 Raleigh Wake 0.01 sq mi
6 28509 Alliance Pamlico 0.01 sq mi
7 28355 Lemon Springs Lee 0.02 sq mi
8 27202 Altamahaw Alamance 0.02 sq mi
9 28653 Montezuma Avery 0.04 sq mi
10 28041 Faith Rowan 0.05 sq mi
11 28359 Lumberton Robeson 0.05 sq mi
12 28019 Caroleen Rutherford 0.05 sq mi
13 28755 Micaville Yancey 0.06 sq mi
14 28039 East Spencer Rowan 0.06 sq mi
15 28274 Charlotte Mecklenburg 0.06 sq mi
16 28136 Polkville Cleveland 0.08 sq mi
17 27570 Ridgeway Warren 0.08 sq mi
18 27881 Speed Edgecombe 0.09 sq mi
19 28641 Jonas Ridge Burke 0.09 sq mi
20 28666 Icard Burke 0.09 sq mi
21 27599 Chapel Hill Orange 0.10 sq mi
22 27268 High Point Guilford 0.10 sq mi
23 28074 Harris Rutherford 0.12 sq mi
24 27411 Greensboro Guilford 0.14 sq mi
25 28424 Brunswick Columbus 0.14 sq mi
26 27533 Goldsboro Wayne 0.15 sq mi
27 27593 Wilsons Mills Johnston 0.17 sq mi
28 28017 Boiling Springs Cleveland 0.17 sq mi
29 27110 Winston-Salem Forsyth 0.18 sq mi
30 28770 Ridgecrest Buncombe 0.18 sq mi
31 27827 Falkland Pitt 0.19 sq mi
32 27877 Severn Northampton 0.20 sq mi
33 27351 Southmont Davidson 0.20 sq mi
34 28108 Mineral Springs Union 0.21 sq mi
35 27201 Alamance Alamance 0.22 sq mi
36 27342 Sedalia Guilford 0.22 sq mi
37 28575 Salter Path Carteret 0.24 sq mi
38 27695 Raleigh Wake 0.25 sq mi
39 27985 Winfall Perquimans 0.26 sq mi
40 27841 Hassell Martin 0.27 sq mi
41 27506 Buies Creek Harnett 0.27 sq mi
42 28628 Glen Alpine Burke 0.28 sq mi
43 28024 Cliffside Rutherford 0.28 sq mi
44 27879 Simpson Pitt 0.29 sq mi
45 27412 Greensboro Guilford 0.30 sq mi
46 27109 Winston-Salem Forsyth 0.30 sq mi
47 28330 Cordova Richmond 0.34 sq mi
48 28368 Olivia Harnett 0.34 sq mi
49 27340 Saxapahaw Alamance 0.36 sq mi
50 27825 Everetts Martin 0.37 sq mi

Showing the top 50 of 853 ZIP codes in North Carolina that have this figure and meet the threshold above. 28758 ranks 1st at 0.01 sq mi, against 0.37 sq mi in 50th place.

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