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78333

ZIP 78333 is in Alice, Texas, in Jim Wells County; area code 361; Central time. Alice has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 78332.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jim Wells
Metro area
Alice, TX
Coordinates
27.7522, -98.0697

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 78332, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 78333 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 78333
  • 🔢 Type 78333 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EEEBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,333 = 3 × 26111. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000111111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78332 (Alice, TX, 4 mi away) and 78335 (Aransas Pass, TX, 55 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78333 becomes 33387, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33738, 33837, 33873, 37338, 37383, 38337, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83337 in Hill City, ID, 1,432 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯835 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78333 and you would come out at 27.75°S, 81.93°E — 1,445 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 23m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees133This ZIP133
Annual payroll$8,839,000This ZIP$8,839,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 78333

ZIPCityDistance
78332 Alice, TX 4.4 mi
78342 Ben Bolt, TX 6.4 mi
78330 Agua Dulce, TX 8.8 mi
78339 Banquete, TX 17.0 mi
78372 Orange Grove, TX 17.9 mi
78380 Robstown, TX 20.1 mi
78351 Driscoll, TX 20.3 mi
78343 Bishop, TX 20.5 mi
78364 Kingsville, TX 20.9 mi
78383 Sandia, TX 23.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78333?

78333 is in Alice, Texas, in Jim Wells County, part of the Alice, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.7522, -98.0697.

What county is 78333 in?

78333 lies in Jim Wells County.

What area code is 78333?

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

What time zone is 78333 in?

78333 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 78333?

The closest are 78332 (4.4 mi), 78342 (6.4 mi), 78330 (8.8 mi), 78339 (17 mi) and 78372 (17.9 mi).

Is 78333 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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