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79740

ZIP 79740 is Girvin, Texas, in Pecos County; area code 432; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pecos
Metro area
none
Coordinates
31.0629, -102.3885

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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Where 79740 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 79740
  • 🔢 Type 79740 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhLGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,740 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 443. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011101111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79739 (Garden City, TX, 71 mi away) and 79741 (Goldsmith, TX, 67 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79740 becomes 04797, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04779, 07974, 09747, 09774, 40977, 47907, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09747 in APO AE, a military post office, 8,078 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯642 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79740 and you would come out at 31.06°S, 77.61°E — 1,321 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 08m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 79740

ZIPCityDistance
79752 Mc Camey, TX 12.2 mi
79743 Imperial, TX 26.6 mi
79778 Rankin, TX 28.0 mi
79731 Crane, TX 28.2 mi
79744 Iraan, TX 30.6 mi
79735 Fort Stockton, TX 33.4 mi
79742 Grandfalls, TX 34.3 mi
79755 Midkiff, TX 39.4 mi
79730 Coyanosa, TX 40.3 mi
79756 Monahans, TX 43.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79740?

79740 is in Girvin, Texas, in Pecos County. Its published point location is 31.0629, -102.3885.

What county is 79740 in?

79740 lies in Pecos County.

What area code is 79740?

Girvin uses area code 432, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79740 in?

79740 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79740?

The closest are 79752 (12.2 mi), 79743 (26.6 mi), 79778 (28 mi), 79731 (28.2 mi) and 79744 (30.6 mi).

Is 79740 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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