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78074

ZIP 78074 is Waring, Texas, in Kendall County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Kendall
Population
0
Coordinates
29.9423, -98.7922
☼ Live from 78074 — Waring, TX

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Where 78074 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78074
  • 🔢 Type 78074 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,074 = 2 × 103 × 379. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000011111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78073 (Von Ormy, TX, 49 mi away) and 78075 (Whitsett, TX, 99 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78074 becomes 47087, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04787, 07748, 07847, 07874, 47708, 47807, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04787 in Westfield, ME, 2,008 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯683 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78074 and you would come out at 29.94°S, 81.21°E — 1,459 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 3.8 square miles of land, 78074 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees27This ZIP27
Annual payroll$988,000This ZIP$988,000

Land area

Land area3.83 sq miThis ZIP3.83 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 78074

ZIPCityDistance
78013 Comfort, TX 7.2 mi
78006 Boerne, TX 7.9 mi
78010 Center Point, TX 15.4 mi
78027 Kendalia, TX 16.0 mi
78015 Boerne, TX 16.2 mi
78004 Bergheim, TX 16.3 mi
78063 Pipe Creek, TX 18.9 mi
78671 Stonewall, TX 21.4 mi
78255 San Antonio, TX 21.6 mi
78023 Helotes, TX 22.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78074?

78074 is in Waring, Texas, in Kendall County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9423, -98.7922.

What county is 78074 in?

78074 lies in Kendall County.

What area code is 78074?

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

What time zone is 78074 in?

78074 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78074?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 78074. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 78074?

The closest are 78013 (7.2 mi), 78006 (7.9 mi), 78010 (15.4 mi), 78027 (16 mi) and 78015 (16.2 mi).

Is 78074 a PO Box ZIP code?

78074 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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