| Official Name: | Sunbury, North Carolina |
| Named For: | Sunbury, Pennsylvania[1] |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Sunbury |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gates |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.35 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.35 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.45 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.45 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 276 |
| Population Density Km2: | 43.49 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 112.65 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 33 |
| Coordinates: | 36.4469°N -76.6128°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 27979 |
| Area Code: | 252 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 2628658 |
| Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 37-65700 |
Sunbury is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Gates County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 289.[3]
Sunbury is located at the junction of U.S. Route 158 and North Carolina Highway 32, 10miles east-northeast of Gatesville, the Gates County seat. Sunbury has a post office with ZIP code 27979.[4]
Sunbury High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 199 | 72.1% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 50 | 18.12% | |
| Native American | 1 | 0.36% | |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.36% | |
| Other/Mixed | 11 | 3.99% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 5.07% |