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79837

ZIP 79837 is Dell City, Texas, mostly in Otero County; area code 915; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Otero +1 more
Metro area
Alamogordo, NM
Population
113
Coordinates
32.0953, -105.1624
☼ Live from 79837 — Dell City, TX

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Where 79837 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79837
  • 🔢 Type 79837 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEBGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,837 = 29 × 2753. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011111011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79836 (Clint, TX, 71 mi away) and 79838 (Fabens, TX, 72 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79837 becomes 73897, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37879, 39877, 77389, 77983, 78379, 78739, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98377 in Randle, WA, 1,330 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯648 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79837 and you would come out at 32.10°S, 74.84°E — 1,216 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 03m.
  • 📏 At 1,087.5 square miles of land, 79837 is bigger than 99% of ZIP codes — room for about 826 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population113This ZIP113
Households70This ZIP70
Housing units191This ZIP191
Median age51.9This ZIP51.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher20.6%This ZIP20.6%
Mean commute22.3 minThis ZIP22.3 min
Population density0.1 / sq miThis ZIP0.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees45This ZIP45
Annual payroll$2,966,000This ZIP$2,966,000

Land area

Land area1,087.49 sq miThis ZIP1,087.49 sq mi
Water area5.14 sq miThis ZIP5.14 sq mi

Counties 79837 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Otero County 81.7%
Hudspeth County 18.3%

Other place names in 79837

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 79837

ZIPCityDistance
79847 Salt Flat, TX 24.1 mi
88344 Pinon, NM 28.8 mi
88250 Hope, NM 43.6 mi
88350 Timberon, NM 45.9 mi
88220 Carlsbad, NM 46.0 mi
88268 Whites City, NM 46.2 mi
88354 Weed, NM 48.5 mi
79938 El Paso, TX 53.1 mi
88221 Carlsbad, NM 53.6 mi
79839 Fort Hancock, TX 54.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79837?

79837 is in Dell City, Texas, in Otero County, part of the Alamogordo, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.0953, -105.1624.

What county is 79837 in?

79837 spans 2 counties: Otero County and Hudspeth County. Most of it falls in Otero County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 79837?

Dell City uses area code 915, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79837 in?

79837 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79837?

About 113 people live in ZIP code 79837, in 70 households, at 0.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 79837?

The closest are 79847 (24.1 mi), 88344 (28.8 mi), 88250 (43.6 mi), 88350 (45.9 mi) and 88220 (46 mi).

Is 79837 a PO Box ZIP code?

79837 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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