| City: | Amarillo, Texas |
| Names to Avoid: | Amarillo Globe News |
| County: | Potter County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:54:08 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 35.2218, -101.8309 |
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The Amarillo Globe-News, formed in 1926 when Eugene A. Howe and Wilbur Clayton Hawk purchased and merged the Amarillo Daily News (founded 1909) with their Globe newspaper (founded 1924), operates under dedicated ZIP code 79166 in Amarillo, Potter County. The combined Globe-News Publishing Company acquired the papers for $200,000 and continued publishing both as separate morning and evening editions before later mergers.
This designation serves the newspaper's correspondence operations in Downtown Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle. The Amarillo Globe-Times won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for exposing government corruption in Potter and Randall counties. The paper relocated in September 2018 from its building occupied since 1949 to the FirstBank Southwest Tower on Tyler Street. Postal records show 1 ZIP+4 delivery code. Census demographic data is not available. Amarillo is the valid mailing city, and the ZIP falls within Texas Congressional District 13.
ZIP Code 79166 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 79166 is located in Potter County, Texas, within the Amarillo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 11100) and Texas's 13rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 249,881 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 79166. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Amarillo, TXSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 11100Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 249,881Source: Census |
| MSA: | Amarillo, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 13Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 38349.24 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4803000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Amarillo city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 79166 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.