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78853

ZIP 78853 is in Eagle Pass, Texas, in Maverick County; area code 830; Central time. Eagle Pass has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 78852.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Maverick
Metro area
Eagle Pass, TX
Coordinates
28.6790, -100.4784

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 78852, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 78853 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 78853
  • 🔢 Type 78853 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESBBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 78853 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010000000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78852 (Eagle Pass, TX, 24 mi away) and 78860 (El Indio, TX, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78853 becomes 35887, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37885, 38578, 38587, 38857, 38875, 53788, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83857 in Princeton, ID, 1,535 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 80%.
  • 🎯778 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78853 and you would come out at 28.68°S, 79.52°E — 1,502 miles from Port Louis, Mauritius, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 19m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees168This ZIP168
Annual payroll$6,399,000This ZIP$6,399,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 78853

ZIPCityDistance
78877 Quemado, TX 20.5 mi
78852 Eagle Pass, TX 23.8 mi
78860 El Indio, TX 24.4 mi
78834 Carrizo Springs, TX 38.2 mi
78872 La Pryor, TX 39.5 mi
78839 Crystal City, TX 44.8 mi
78802 Uvalde, TX 46.7 mi
78827 Asherton, TX 48.9 mi
78843 Laughlin Afb, TX 49.6 mi
78832 Brackettville, TX 50.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78853?

78853 is in Eagle Pass, Texas, in Maverick County, part of the Eagle Pass, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.6790, -100.4784.

What county is 78853 in?

78853 lies in Maverick County.

What area code is 78853?

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

What time zone is 78853 in?

78853 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 78853?

The closest are 78877 (20.5 mi), 78852 (23.8 mi), 78860 (24.4 mi), 78834 (38.2 mi) and 78872 (39.5 mi).

Is 78853 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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