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75856

ZIP 75856 is Pennington, Texas, mostly in Houston County; area code 936; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Houston +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
65
Coordinates
31.2014, -95.2537
☼ Live from 75856 — Pennington, TX

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Where 75856 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 75856
  • 🔢 Type 75856 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSBSL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 75,856 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 431. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010100001010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 75855 (Oakwood, TX, 44 mi away) and 75858 (Ratcliff, TX, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 75856 becomes 65857, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (55768, 55786, 56578, 56587, 56758, 57568, …). The farthest-flung twin is 58765 in Noonan, ND, 1,287 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯625 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 75856 and you would come out at 31.20°S, 84.75°E — 1,463 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 07m.
  • 📏 At 24.7 square miles of land, 75856 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population65This ZIP65
Households39This ZIP39
Housing units143This ZIP143
Median age48.7This ZIP48.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher25.0%This ZIP25.0%
Population density2.6 / sq miThis ZIP2.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees19This ZIP19
Annual payroll$906,000This ZIP$906,000
Tax returns filed120This ZIP120
Total adjusted gross income$7,767,000This ZIP$7,767,000

Land area

Land area24.71 sq miThis ZIP24.71 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 75856 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Houston County 71.0%
Trinity County 29.0%

ZIP codes near 75856

ZIPCityDistance
75847 Kennard, TX 12.5 mi
75845 Groveton, TX 13.1 mi
75834 Centralia, TX 13.2 mi
75858 Ratcliff, TX 14.2 mi
75835 Crockett, TX 15.1 mi
75851 Lovelady, TX 16.4 mi
75862 Trinity, TX 16.9 mi
75926 Apple Springs, TX 17.7 mi
75849 Latexo, TX 18.8 mi
75865 Woodlake, TX 19.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 75856?

75856 is in Pennington, Texas, in Houston County. Its published point location is 31.2014, -95.2537.

What county is 75856 in?

75856 spans 2 counties: Houston County and Trinity County. Most of it falls in Houston County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 75856?

Pennington uses area code 936, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 75856 in?

75856 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 75856?

About 65 people live in ZIP code 75856, in 39 households, at 2.6 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 75856?

The closest are 75847 (12.5 mi), 75845 (13.1 mi), 75834 (13.2 mi), 75858 (14.2 mi) and 75835 (15.1 mi).

Is 75856 a PO Box ZIP code?

75856 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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