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77838

ZIP 77838 is Chriesman, Texas, in Burleson County; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Burleson
Coordinates
30.5994, -96.7708

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 77836, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 77838 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 77838
  • 🔢 Type 77838 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEBLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,838 = 2 × 3 × 12973. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000000001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77837 (Calvert, TX, 29 mi away) and 77840 (College Station, TX, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77838 becomes 83877 — and that is a real ZIP code: Post Falls, ID, 1,593 miles away.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37878, 37887, 38778, 38877, 77388, 78387, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83877 in Post Falls, ID, 1,593 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 73%.
  • 🎯646 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77838 and you would come out at 30.60°S, 83.23°E — 1,462 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 10m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 77838

ZIPCityDistance
77836 Caldwell, TX 6.9 mi
76556 Milano, TX 8.0 mi
77852 Deanville, TX 11.8 mi
77857 Gause, TX 13.3 mi
76567 Rockdale, TX 15.5 mi
77867 Mumford, TX 15.5 mi
77853 Dime Box, TX 17.4 mi
77807 Bryan, TX 17.9 mi
77863 Lyons, TX 19.2 mi
78947 Lexington, TX 20.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77838?

77838 is in Chriesman, Texas, in Burleson County, part of the College Station-Bryan, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.5994, -96.7708.

What county is 77838 in?

77838 lies in Burleson County.

What time zone is 77838 in?

77838 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 77838?

The closest are 77836 (6.9 mi), 76556 (8 mi), 77852 (11.8 mi), 77857 (13.3 mi) and 76567 (15.5 mi).

Is 77838 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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