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78001

ZIP 78001 is Artesia Wells, Texas, in La Salle County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
La Salle
Metro area
none
Population
0
Coordinates
28.2316, -99.2220
☼ Live from 78001 — Artesia Wells, TX

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Where 78001 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78001
  • 🔢 Type 78001 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,001 = 7 × 11 × 1013. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000010110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77995 (Yoakum, TX, 145 mi away) and 78002 (Atascosa, TX, 78 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78001 becomes 10087 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 1,669 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00718, 07018, 07081, 07108, 07801, 08071, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00718 in Naguabo, PR, 2,226 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯802 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78001 and you would come out at 28.23°S, 80.78°E — 1,518 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 21m.
  • 📏 At 54.2 square miles of land, 78001 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees264This ZIP264
Annual payroll$37,983,000This ZIP$37,983,000

Land area

Land area54.16 sq miThis ZIP54.16 sq mi
Water area0.35 sq miThis ZIP0.35 sq mi

ZIP codes near 78001

ZIPCityDistance
78014 Cotulla, TX 13.1 mi
78019 Encinal, TX 14.6 mi
78830 Big Wells, TX 25.2 mi
78836 Catarina, TX 25.7 mi
78021 Fowlerton, TX 27.7 mi
78827 Asherton, TX 33.5 mi
78044 Laredo, TX 34.5 mi
78017 Dilley, TX 35.2 mi
78072 Tilden, TX 39.2 mi
78045 Laredo, TX 39.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78001?

78001 is in Artesia Wells, Texas, in La Salle County. Its published point location is 28.2316, -99.2220.

What county is 78001 in?

78001 lies in La Salle County.

What area code is 78001?

Artesia Wells uses area code 830, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78001 in?

78001 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78001?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 78001. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 78001?

The closest are 78014 (13.1 mi), 78019 (14.6 mi), 78830 (25.2 mi), 78836 (25.7 mi) and 78021 (27.7 mi).

Is 78001 a PO Box ZIP code?

78001 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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