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77989

ZIP 77989 is Thomaston, Texas, in DeWitt County; area code 361; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
DeWitt
Metro area
none
Coordinates
28.9974, -97.1539

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 77954, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 77989
  • 🔢 Type 77989 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GBGLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,989 = 167 × 467. Its digits add up to 40, a total 17 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000010100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77988 (Telferner, TX, 20 mi away) and 77990 (Tivoli, TX, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77989 becomes 98977, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (78799, 79789, 79978, 99778). The farthest-flung twin is 99778 in Teller, AK, 3,816 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯753 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77989 and you would come out at 29.00°S, 82.85°E — 1,470 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 17m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 77989

ZIPCityDistance
77976 Nursery, TX 4.1 mi
77902 Victoria, TX 5.9 mi
77904 Victoria, TX 10.2 mi
77974 Meyersville, TX 10.7 mi
77954 Cuero, TX 11.0 mi
77995 Yoakum, TX 14.5 mi
77903 Victoria, TX 16.1 mi
77901 Victoria, TX 16.7 mi
77993 Weesatche, TX 18.8 mi
77905 Victoria, TX 18.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77989?

77989 is in Thomaston, Texas, in DeWitt County. Its published point location is 28.9974, -97.1539.

What county is 77989 in?

77989 lies in DeWitt County.

What area code is 77989?

Thomaston uses area code 361, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 77989 in?

77989 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 77989?

The closest are 77976 (4.1 mi), 77902 (5.9 mi), 77904 (10.2 mi), 77974 (10.7 mi) and 77954 (11 mi).

Is 77989 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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