Fountain is a town in Pitt County, North Carolina, home to about 409 people across 0.9 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 27829.
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| Nearest major airport | Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)66 miles away |
|---|---|
| Closer regional airport | Pitt-Greenville Airport (PGV)15 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Raleigh, NC57 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA329 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Fountain; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Fountain had 385 residents in the 2020 census, down 28% since 2000.
It’s the 619th largest of 771 towns in North Carolina by population.
Pitt County grew from 30,889 residents in 1900 to 170,243 in 2020.
Pitt County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 90°F in summer, and winter lows average 33°F. About 53.5 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 3 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Greenville, NC weather station (14 miles away).
64,563 jobs at 3,817 businesses in Pitt County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Grocery stores
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Falkland.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.