| City: | Amarillo, Texas |
| Names to Avoid: | Clowe And Cowan |
| County: | Potter County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:30:36 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 35.2218, -101.8309 |
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Clowe and Cowan, a waterworks and plumbing supply company founded in Amarillo in 1922, operates under dedicated ZIP code 79185 in Potter County, Texas. Frank Clowe and John Cowan established the business to serve the Texas Panhandle's growing water infrastructure needs. The company expanded to Lubbock in 1923 and Roswell, New Mexico in 1940, becoming a regional leader in supplying pumps, pipes, valves, and water treatment equipment to industrial and commercial clients across the Southwest.
This unique postal designation has served the company for more than twenty years. Located approximately one mile from Downtown Amarillo, this ZIP handles correspondence for the original Amarillo operations. A single delivery code routes all mail to the wholesale distribution facility. Amarillo is the valid mailing city for this designation.
ZIP Code 79185 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 79185 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 270,207 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 79185. 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: | 270,207Source: 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 79185 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 January 1, 2026.