Neighborhoods in the 27814 ZIP Code

Stretches of country roads go for miles in Blounts Creek, located in an area often called the Inner Banks of North Carolina. The occasional home along a gravel driveway reveals signs of civilization, but this unincorporated community feels largely secluded. “The community wants it to be rural, and they want to be out of the way of everything,”

Ernul, a quiet farming community, has an out-of-the-way feel in rural Craven County. Some residential properties have fruit trees, horse stables and barns. A railroad and the main highway stretch through the community; the road connects locals to nearby towns and cities in the county. "It's a nice, small town. We are right off [Highway] 17. So,