| City: | Amarillo, Texas |
| Names to Avoid: | Amarillo College |
| County: | Potter County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:54:11 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 35.1883, -101.8466 |
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Amarillo College, a public community college established in 1929, operates under dedicated ZIP code 79178 in Potter County, Texas. On July 16, 1929, AC became the first Texas junior college district organized independent of a public school system. The institution made history again in 1951 as one of the first three publicly supported Texas colleges to integrate undergraduate classes. Today the college serves nine counties across the Texas Panhandle from six campus locations and enrolls over 9,100 students.
The USPS has maintained this unique postal designation for more than two decades. With just one delivery code on file and no residential Census data, this ZIP serves the college's administrative mail operations. The institution won the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, recognizing its commitment to student success. Amarillo is the valid mailing city for correspondence to the college.
ZIP Code 79178 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 79178 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 79178. 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 79178 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.