| City: | Swepsonville, North Carolina |
| County: | Alamance County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:29:52 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 336 / 743 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 36.0211, -79.3614 |
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Swepsonville is a former textile mill village in Alamance County, North Carolina. The ZIP code covers just 0.004 square miles, one of the smallest postal territories in the state. Despite its tiny footprint, the post office maintains 28 PO Boxes and serves a handful of local streets.
This isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Street delivery exists along S Marshall Street and W Main Street, with both city and rural carrier routes operating here. The delivery pattern is classified as Urban+Rural, unusual for such a compact area. Most mail goes to addresses on S Marshall Street, which has 24 ZIP+4 records including some with unit designators.
What stands out is the employment concentration. Three business establishments employ 622 workers in this tiny territory. That's a significant workplace population relative to the postal footprint. The post office likely serves commuters and employees in addition to the small residential base.
Swepsonville sits within the Raleigh-Durham metro area, about 12 miles from the nearest named neighborhoods like Stags Trail. The town's mill heritage shows in its compact, walkable street grid centered on Marshall and Main.
Classic small-town street names reflecting the compact mill village layout.
ZIP Code 27359 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 4 business establishments, employing about 698 people with an annual payroll of $70,261,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 373Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 4Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $14,761,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $70,261,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 698Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27359 is located in Alamance County, North Carolina, within the Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 15500) and North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 174,286 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 27359. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Burlington, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 15500Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 174,286Source: Census |
| MSA: | Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 04Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1045.35 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3766460Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Swepsonville town; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 27359 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.