{"id":6651,"date":"2023-08-07T08:31:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6651"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:22","slug":"tyrrell-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/tyrrell-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrrell County, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyrrell County is a county in North Carolina, United States, on the Albemarle Sound between the Alligator and Scuppernong rivers. It had a population of 3,245 at the 2020 census and covers 597 square miles (1,547 km2) centred near 35\u00b052\u2032N 76\u00b010\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Columbia is the county seat, and its postal code is 27925. Tyrrell County has one incorporated town and 18 unincorporated communities. It sits in the Eastern time zone, and its FIPS county code is 37177.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Tyrrell County<\/h2>\n

Tyrrell County has only one incorporated place — Columbia, the county seat — and it is North Carolina’s least populous county. Everywhere else on this list is an unincorporated community (Unincorp.), most of them small farm or fishing settlements strung along the Scuppernong and Alligator rivers and the county’s back roads.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Columbia<\/td>\nTown · seat<\/td>\n610<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alligator<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dillon Ridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fort Landing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frying Pan<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goat Neck<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gum Neck<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jerry<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kilkenny<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lewis Point<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mills Ridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Lands<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newfoundland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pleasant View<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
River Neck<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scotia<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soundside<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Travis<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woodley<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

All 19 places share the county’s single ZIP code, 27925, since the whole county is served by the Columbia post office.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n