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79010

ZIP 79010 is Boys Ranch, Texas, mostly in Potter County; area code 806; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Potter +1 more
Metro area
Amarillo, TX
Population
616
Coordinates
35.4517, -102.1407
☼ Live from 79010 — Boys Ranch, TX

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Where 79010 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79010
  • 🔢 Type 79010 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OIOGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,010 = 2 × 5 × 7901. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010010100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79009 (Bovina, TX, 76 mi away) and 79011 (Briscoe, TX, 109 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79010 becomes 01097 — and that is a real ZIP code: Woronoco, MA, 1,636 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00719, 00791, 00917, 00971, 01079, 01097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09071 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,319 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯360 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79010 and you would come out at 35.45°S, 77.86°E — 1,035 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 151.2 square miles of land, 79010 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 115 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population616This ZIP616
Households92This ZIP92
Housing units103This ZIP103
Median age16.4This ZIP16.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher75.0%This ZIP75.0%
Population density4.1 / sq miThis ZIP4.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees264This ZIP264
Annual payroll$12,345,000This ZIP$12,345,000

Land area

Land area151.21 sq miThis ZIP151.21 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Counties 79010 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Potter County 71.4%
Oldham County 28.6%

Other place names in 79010

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 79010

ZIPCityDistance
79105 Amarillo, TX 14.3 mi
79166 Amarillo, TX 14.3 mi
79168 Amarillo, TX 14.3 mi
79172 Amarillo, TX 14.3 mi
79174 Amarillo, TX 14.3 mi
79178 Amarillo, TX 14.3 mi
79185 Amarillo, TX 14.3 mi
79189 Amarillo, TX 14.3 mi
79124 Amarillo, TX 14.3 mi
79058 Masterson, TX 14.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79010?

79010 is in Boys Ranch, Texas, in Potter County, part of the Amarillo, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4517, -102.1407.

What county is 79010 in?

79010 spans 2 counties: Potter County and Oldham County. Most of it falls in Potter County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 79010?

Boys Ranch uses area code 806, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79010 in?

79010 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79010?

About 616 people live in ZIP code 79010, in 92 households, at 4.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 79010?

The closest are 79105 (14.3 mi), 79166 (14.3 mi), 79168 (14.3 mi), 79172 (14.3 mi) and 79174 (14.3 mi).

Is 79010 a PO Box ZIP code?

79010 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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