ZIP codes in Watauga County
12 ZIPs touch Watauga County, North Carolina. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
12
ZIP codes
8
cross the county line
109,303
people in these ZIPs
100
counties in NC
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Watauga County ZIP list
More counties in North Carolina
- Tyrrell County3
- Union County13
- Vance County9
- Wake County69
- Warren County11
- Washington County4
- Wayne County16
- Wilkes County24
- Wilson County19
- Yadkin County7
- Yancey County6
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Watauga County, North Carolina?
12 ZIP codes reach into Watauga County, including 2 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 8 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Watauga County has the most people?
28645 (Lenoir) has about 45,997 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Watauga County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Watauga County and another county?
Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Watauga County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.
Where does this list come from?
ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.
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Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from