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78847

ZIP 78847 is in Del Rio, Texas, in Val Verde County; area code 830; Central time. Del Rio has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 78840, 78841 and 78842.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Val Verde
Metro area
Del Rio, TX
Coordinates
29.3627, -100.8968

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 78840, 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 78847
  • 🔢 Type 78847 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhBBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,847 = 37 × 2131. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001111111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78843 (Laughlin Afb, TX, 7 mi away) and 78850 (D Hanis, TX, 95 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78847 becomes 74887, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47878, 48787, 48877, 74878, 77488, 78748). The farthest-flung twin is 48787 in Frankenmuth, MI, 1,352 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 80%.
  • 🎯735 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78847 and you would come out at 29.36°S, 79.10°E — 1,458 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 16m.
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ZIP codes near 78847

ZIPCityDistance
78843 Laughlin Afb, TX 6.6 mi
78842 Del Rio, TX 20.2 mi
78840 Del Rio, TX 25.4 mi
78832 Brackettville, TX 30.6 mi
78877 Quemado, TX 33.3 mi
78837 Comstock, TX 45.6 mi
78841 Del Rio, TX 48.0 mi
78852 Eagle Pass, TX 49.7 mi
78853 Eagle Pass, TX 53.6 mi
78880 Rocksprings, TX 55.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78847?

78847 is in Del Rio, Texas, in Val Verde County, part of the Del Rio, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.3627, -100.8968.

What county is 78847 in?

78847 lies in Val Verde County.

What area code is 78847?

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

What time zone is 78847 in?

78847 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 78847?

The closest are 78843 (6.6 mi), 78842 (20.2 mi), 78840 (25.4 mi), 78832 (30.6 mi) and 78877 (33.3 mi).

Is 78847 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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