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Ocracoke, NC 27960
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Portsmouth, NC 27960

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The 27960 ZIP Code is centered1 in Hyde County at latitude 35.112 and longitude -75.976 (Panoramio Photos). It is a PO Box type ZIP Code. Hyde County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 27960 was 769 with 784 housing units; a land area land area of 9.73 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 79.03 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Ocracoke, NC (< 0.1 mile)
 Portsmouth, NC (5.8 miles WSW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Jackson Dunes, NC (< 0.1 mile)
 Sound Shores, NC (< 0.1 mile)

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  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.