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78426

ZIP 78426 is in Corpus Christi, Texas, in Nueces County; area code 361; Central time. Corpus Christi has 30 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Nueces
Metro area
Corpus Christi, TX
Coordinates
27.7770, -97.4632

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 78406, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 78426 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 78426
  • 🔢 Type 78426 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZhBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,426 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 4357. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001001011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78419 (Corpus Christi, TX, 13 mi away) and 78427 (Corpus Christi, TX, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78426 becomes 62487, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24867, 26847, 27846, 27864, 28467, 28647, …). The farthest-flung twin is 48762 in Spruce, MI, 1,406 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 75%.
  • 🎯835 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78426 and you would come out at 27.78°S, 82.54°E — 1,420 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 establishments6This ZIP6
Employees24This ZIP24
Annual payroll$557,000This ZIP$557,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 78426

ZIPCityDistance
78403 Corpus Christi, TX 0.0 mi
78463 Corpus Christi, TX 0.0 mi
78465 Corpus Christi, TX 0.0 mi
78466 Corpus Christi, TX 0.0 mi
78467 Corpus Christi, TX 0.0 mi
78468 Corpus Christi, TX 0.0 mi
78469 Corpus Christi, TX 0.0 mi
78480 Corpus Christi, TX 0.0 mi
78405 Corpus Christi, TX 1.5 mi
78408 Corpus Christi, TX 2.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78426?

78426 is in Corpus Christi, Texas, in Nueces County, part of the Corpus Christi, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.7770, -97.4632.

What county is 78426 in?

78426 lies in Nueces County.

What area code is 78426?

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

What time zone is 78426 in?

78426 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 78426?

The closest are 78403 (0 mi), 78463 (0 mi), 78465 (0 mi), 78466 (0 mi) and 78467 (0 mi).

Is 78426 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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