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79550

ZIP 79550 is in Snyder, Texas, in Scurry County; area code 325; Central time. Snyder has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 79549.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Scurry
Metro area
Snyder, TX
Coordinates
32.7179, -100.9176

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 79549, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 79550 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 79550
  • 🔢 Type 79550 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSSGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,550 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 37 × 43. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011010111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79549 (Snyder, TX, 13 mi away) and 79553 (Stamford, TX, 64 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79550 becomes 05597, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05759, 50579, 50597, 55079, 55709, 55790, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05759 in North Clarendon, VT, 1,682 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 80%.
  • 🎯508 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79550 and you would come out at 32.72°S, 79.08°E — 1,236 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees132This ZIP132
Annual payroll$5,590,000This ZIP$5,590,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 79550

ZIPCityDistance
79526 Hermleigh, TX 10.5 mi
79516 Dunn, TX 10.6 mi
79549 Snyder, TX 12.5 mi
79527 Ira, TX 13.5 mi
79517 Fluvanna, TX 22.1 mi
79532 Loraine, TX 24.5 mi
79565 Westbrook, TX 25.8 mi
79512 Colorado City, TX 27.3 mi
79546 Rotan, TX 27.3 mi
79511 Coahoma, TX 28.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79550?

79550 is in Snyder, Texas, in Scurry County, part of the Snyder, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7179, -100.9176.

What county is 79550 in?

79550 lies in Scurry County.

What area code is 79550?

Snyder uses area code 325, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79550 in?

79550 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79550?

The closest are 79526 (10.5 mi), 79516 (10.6 mi), 79549 (12.5 mi), 79527 (13.5 mi) and 79517 (22.1 mi).

Is 79550 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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