Kenly, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 1569 Housing Units (2000): 754 Land area (2000): 1.515808 sq. miles (3.925924 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.004433 sq. miles (0.011482 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.520241 sq. miles (3.937406 sq. km) FIPS code: 35540 Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 35.592967 N, 78.127360 W ZIP Codes (1990): 27542 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Kenly, NC Kenly