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Where 79073 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 79073 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELOGL — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 79,073 = 107 × 739. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
10011010011100001 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79072 (Plainview, TX, 19 mi away) and 79077 (Samnorwood, TX, 121 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 79073 becomes 37097 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lobelville, TN, 810 miles away.
- 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03779, 07739, 37079, 37097, 37709, 39077, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03779 in Piermont, NH, 1,739 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
- 🎯446 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79073 and you would come out at 33.96°S, 78.05°E — 1,136 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
- 📏 At 3.0 square miles of land, 79073 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.3 Central Parks.
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- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 0 |
|---|---|
| Households | 0 |
| Housing units | 3This ZIP3 |
| Population density | 0.0 / sq mi |
Business and tax activity
| Business establishments | 13This ZIP13 |
|---|---|
| Employees | 136This ZIP136 |
| Annual payroll | $4,290,000This ZIP$4,290,000 |
Land area
| Land area | 3.00 sq miThis ZIP3.00 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 79073
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
79021 | Cotton Center, TX | 3.1 mi |
79041 | Hale Center, TX | 6.1 mi |
79311 | Abernathy, TX | 7.8 mi |
79369 | Spade, TX | 12.1 mi |
79313 | Anton, TX | 15.7 mi |
79350 | New Deal, TX | 17.1 mi |
79415 | Lubbock, TX | 17.9 mi |
79363 | Shallowater, TX | 18.0 mi |
79326 | Fieldton, TX | 18.1 mi |
79064 | Olton, TX | 18.3 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 79073?
79073 is in Plainview, Texas, in Hale County, part of the Plainview, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9561, -101.9492.
What county is 79073 in?
79073 lies in Hale County.
What area code is 79073?
Plainview uses area code 806, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 79073 in?
79073 uses America/Chicago.
How many people live in 79073?
About 0 people live in ZIP code 79073. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 79073?
The closest are 79021 (3.1 mi), 79041 (6.1 mi), 79311 (7.8 mi), 79369 (12.1 mi) and 79313 (15.7 mi).
Is 79073 a PO Box ZIP code?
79073 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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