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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/79120

79120

ZIP 79120 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
35.1964, -101.8034

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 79104, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 79120 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 79120
  • 🔢 Type 79120 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZIGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 23 × 43. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010100010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79119 (Amarillo, TX, 14 mi away) and 79121 (Amarillo, TX, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79120 becomes 02197, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02719, 02791, 02917, 07192, 07921, 09172, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09172 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,375 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯366 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79120 and you would come out at 35.20°S, 78.20°E — 1,058 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 47m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees4,628This ZIP4,628
Annual payroll$499,150,000This ZIP$499,150,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 79120

ZIPCityDistance
79104 Amarillo, TX 0.8 mi
79103 Amarillo, TX 1.0 mi
79101 Amarillo, TX 2.1 mi
79159 Amarillo, TX 2.4 mi
79107 Amarillo, TX 2.5 mi
79102 Amarillo, TX 2.6 mi
79110 Amarillo, TX 4.9 mi
79106 Amarillo, TX 5.0 mi
79109 Amarillo, TX 5.1 mi
79111 Amarillo, TX 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79120?

79120 is in Amarillo, Texas, in Potter County, part of the Amarillo, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1964, -101.8034.

What county is 79120 in?

79120 lies in Potter County.

What area code is 79120?

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

What time zone is 79120 in?

79120 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79120?

The closest are 79104 (0.8 mi), 79103 (1 mi), 79101 (2.1 mi), 79159 (2.4 mi) and 79107 (2.5 mi).

Is 79120 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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