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79338

ZIP 79338 is in Levelland, Texas, in Hockley County; area code 806; Central time. Levelland has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 79336.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hockley
Metro area
Lubbock, TX
Coordinates
33.5932, -102.3627

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 79336, 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 79338
  • 🔢 Type 79338 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEEGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,338 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 1889. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010111101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79336 (Levelland, TX, 2 mi away) and 79339 (Littlefield, TX, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79338 becomes 83397, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33897, 37389, 37398, 37938, 38379, 38739, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98337 in Bremerton, WA, 1,428 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯479 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79338 and you would come out at 33.59°S, 77.64°E — 1,153 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 79338

ZIPCityDistance
79336 Levelland, TX 2.2 mi
79380 Whitharral, TX 10.3 mi
79367 Smyer, TX 11.2 mi
79372 Sundown, TX 14.1 mi
79358 Ropesville, TX 15.4 mi
79407 Lubbock, TX 16.1 mi
79345 Meadow, TX 17.8 mi
79379 Whiteface, TX 18.1 mi
79353 Pep, TX 18.6 mi
79313 Anton, TX 19.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79338?

79338 is in Levelland, Texas, in Hockley County, part of the Lubbock, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5932, -102.3627.

What county is 79338 in?

79338 lies in Hockley County.

What area code is 79338?

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

What time zone is 79338 in?

79338 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79338?

The closest are 79336 (2.2 mi), 79380 (10.3 mi), 79367 (11.2 mi), 79372 (14.1 mi) and 79358 (15.4 mi).

Is 79338 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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