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84079

ZIP 84079 is in Vernal, Utah, in Uintah County; area code 435; Mountain time. Vernal has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 84078.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Uintah
Metro area
Vernal, UT
Coordinates
40.4555, -109.5287

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 84078, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 84079
  • 🔢 Type 84079 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLOhB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 84,079 = 83 × 1013. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100100001101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 84078 (Vernal, UT, 1 mi away) and 84080 (Vernon, UT, 157 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 84079 becomes 97048 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rainier, OR, 777 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04978, 04987, 07849, 09847, 09874, 47809, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09874 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,684 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯580 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 84079 and you would come out at 40.46°S, 70.47°E — 615 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 84079

ZIPCityDistance
84078 Vernal, UT 1.2 mi
84035 Jensen, UT 12.8 mi
84039 Lapoint, UT 15.0 mi
84076 Tridell, UT 16.4 mi
84063 Randlett, UT 19.0 mi
84026 Fort Duchesne, UT 20.0 mi
84085 Whiterocks, UT 22.5 mi
84053 Neola, UT 24.1 mi
84066 Roosevelt, UT 29.3 mi
84052 Myton, UT 31.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 84079?

84079 is in Vernal, Utah, in Uintah County, part of the Vernal, UT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.4555, -109.5287.

What county is 84079 in?

84079 lies in Uintah County.

What area code is 84079?

Vernal uses area code 435, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 84079 in?

84079 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 84079?

The closest are 84078 (1.2 mi), 84035 (12.8 mi), 84039 (15 mi), 84076 (16.4 mi) and 84063 (19 mi).

Is 84079 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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