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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/79604

79604

ZIP 79604 is in Abilene, Texas, in Taylor County; area code 325; Central time. Abilene has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Taylor
Metro area
Abilene, TX
Coordinates
32.4487, -99.7331

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 79602, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 79604 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 79604
  • 🔢 Type 79604 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOgGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,604 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 2843. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011011110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79603 (Abilene, TX, 14 mi away) and 79605 (Abilene, TX, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79604 becomes 40697, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04679, 04769, 04967, 04976, 06479, 06749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96407 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,204 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯514 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79604 and you would come out at 32.45°S, 80.27°E — 1,278 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments38This ZIP38
Employees310This ZIP310
Annual payroll$15,898,000This ZIP$15,898,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 79604

ZIPCityDistance
79608 Abilene, TX 0.0 mi
79697 Abilene, TX 0.0 mi
79699 Abilene, TX 1.4 mi
79698 Abilene, TX 1.8 mi
79605 Abilene, TX 3.0 mi
79607 Dyess Afb, TX 6.4 mi
79606 Abilene, TX 7.7 mi
79602 Abilene, TX 8.7 mi
79601 Abilene, TX 10.1 mi
79563 Tye, TX 10.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79604?

79604 is in Abilene, Texas, in Taylor County, part of the Abilene, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.4487, -99.7331.

What county is 79604 in?

79604 lies in Taylor County.

What area code is 79604?

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

What time zone is 79604 in?

79604 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79604?

The closest are 79608 (0 mi), 79697 (0 mi), 79699 (1.4 mi), 79698 (1.8 mi) and 79605 (3 mi).

Is 79604 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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