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79168

ZIP 79168 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
35.4015, -101.8951

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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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 79168
  • 🔢 Type 79168 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgIGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,168 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 1237. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010101000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79166 (Amarillo, TX, 0 mi away) and 79172 (Amarillo, TX, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79168 becomes 86197, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16879, 17968, 18769, 18976, 68179, 68197, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96817 in Honolulu, HI, 3,488 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯356 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79168 and you would come out at 35.40°S, 78.10°E — 1,043 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 46m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 79168

ZIPCityDistance
79105 Amarillo, TX 0.0 mi
79166 Amarillo, TX 0.0 mi
79172 Amarillo, TX 0.0 mi
79174 Amarillo, TX 0.0 mi
79178 Amarillo, TX 0.0 mi
79185 Amarillo, TX 0.0 mi
79189 Amarillo, TX 0.0 mi
79117 Amarillo, TX 7.0 mi
79116 Amarillo, TX 12.3 mi
79159 Amarillo, TX 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79168?

79168 is in Amarillo, Texas, in Potter County, part of the Amarillo, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4015, -101.8951.

What county is 79168 in?

79168 lies in Potter County.

What area code is 79168?

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

What time zone is 79168 in?

79168 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79168?

The closest are 79105 (0 mi), 79166 (0 mi), 79172 (0 mi), 79174 (0 mi) and 79178 (0 mi).

Is 79168 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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