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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/79117

79117

ZIP 79117 is in Amarillo, Texas, in Potter County; area code 806; Central time. Amarillo has 27 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Potter
Metro area
Amarillo, TX
Coordinates
35.3089, -101.8430

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 79108, 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 79117
  • 🔢 Type 79117 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIIGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,117 = 61 × 1297. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010100001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79116 (Amarillo, TX, 10 mi away) and 79118 (Amarillo, TX, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79117 becomes 71197, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11779, 11797, 11977, 19177, 19717, 71971, …). The farthest-flung twin is 11977 in Westhampton, NY, 1,623 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 79117 and you would come out at 35.31°S, 78.16°E — 1,050 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees44This ZIP44
Annual payroll$1,535,000This ZIP$1,535,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 79117

ZIPCityDistance
79107 Amarillo, TX 6.0 mi
79159 Amarillo, TX 6.0 mi
79105 Amarillo, TX 7.0 mi
79166 Amarillo, TX 7.0 mi
79168 Amarillo, TX 7.0 mi
79172 Amarillo, TX 7.0 mi
79174 Amarillo, TX 7.0 mi
79178 Amarillo, TX 7.0 mi
79185 Amarillo, TX 7.0 mi
79189 Amarillo, TX 7.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79117?

79117 is in Amarillo, Texas, in Potter County, part of the Amarillo, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3089, -101.8430.

What county is 79117 in?

79117 lies in Potter County.

What area code is 79117?

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

What time zone is 79117 in?

79117 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79117?

The closest are 79107 (6 mi), 79159 (6 mi), 79105 (7 mi), 79166 (7 mi) and 79168 (7 mi).

Is 79117 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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