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76540

ZIP 76540 is in Killeen, Texas, in Bell County; area code 254; Central time. Killeen has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 76541, 76542, 76543, 76547 and 76549.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bell
Metro area
Killeen-Temple, TX
Coordinates
31.1171, -97.7278

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 76541, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 76540 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 76540
  • 🔢 Type 76540 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhSgL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 76,540 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 43 × 89. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010101011111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 76539 (Kempner, TX, 16 mi away) and 76541 (Killeen, TX, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 76540 becomes 04567, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 70 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04576, 04657, 04675, 04756, 04765, 05476, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04756 in Madawaska, ME, 1,914 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯604 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 76540 and you would come out at 31.12°S, 82.27°E — 1,407 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 07m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees194This ZIP194
Annual payroll$6,630,000This ZIP$6,630,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 76540

ZIPCityDistance
76547 Killeen, TX 0.0 mi
76541 Killeen, TX 0.2 mi
76543 Killeen, TX 5.0 mi
76548 Harker Heights, TX 6.7 mi
76559 Nolanville, TX 7.1 mi
76542 Killeen, TX 8.9 mi
76549 Killeen, TX 9.3 mi
76571 Salado, TX 13.7 mi
76513 Belton, TX 13.9 mi
76533 Heidenheimer, TX 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 76540?

76540 is in Killeen, Texas, in Bell County, part of the Killeen-Temple, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.1171, -97.7278.

What county is 76540 in?

76540 lies in Bell County.

What area code is 76540?

Killeen uses area code 254, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 76540 in?

76540 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 76540?

The closest are 76547 (0 mi), 76541 (0.2 mi), 76543 (5 mi), 76548 (6.7 mi) and 76559 (7.1 mi).

Is 76540 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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