ZIP code · Gulf · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 27256 — Gulf
ZIP code 27256 serves Gulf, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 27256Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Gulf
- County
- Chatham FIPS 37037
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.5604, -79.2817 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 74 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 67 / sq mi
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi (2.9 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Per-capita income
- $0
- Households
- 74
- Housing units
- 74
- Congressional district
- NC-9 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7b (5 to 10 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
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Map of ZIP code 27256
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 90°F), coldest Jan (avg low 31°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 53 | 57 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 83 | 74 | 63 | 55 |
| Avg low °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: SANFORD 8 NE (13.3 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 27256
- 1 post offices
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page