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79697

ZIP 79697 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 79697 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 79697
  • 🔢 Type 79697 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGgGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆79697 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ 79697 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 38, a total 58 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011101010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79608 (Abilene, TX, 0 mi away) and 79698 (Abilene, TX, 2 mi away).
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (76799, 77969, 79769, 79976, 96779, 96797, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96797 in Waipahu, HI, 3,627 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 79697 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 establishments5This ZIP5
Employees656This ZIP656
Annual payroll$16,741,000This ZIP$16,741,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 79697

ZIPCityDistance
79604 Abilene, TX 0.0 mi
79608 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 79697?

79697 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 79697 in?

79697 lies in Taylor County.

What area code is 79697?

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

What time zone is 79697 in?

79697 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79697?

The closest are 79604 (0 mi), 79608 (0 mi), 79699 (1.4 mi), 79698 (1.8 mi) and 79605 (3 mi).

Is 79697 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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