| City: | Abilene, Texas |
| Names to Avoid: | Mcmurry Univ |
| County: | Taylor County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:41:02 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 325 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 32.4300, -99.7499 |
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McMurry University, a private Methodist institution founded September 20, 1923, operates under dedicated ZIP code 79697 in Taylor County, Texas. Named for Bishop William Fletcher McMurry, the school was established through the efforts of minister James Winfred Hunt and the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Church. Abilene won the campus by offering land, money, and free water. The university became the first college in Abilene to admit Black students in the early 1960s and changed its name from McMurry College to McMurry University in 1990.
Located in the Over Place Area neighborhood of Abilene, the campus employs approximately 494 people according to Census Business Patterns data. This unique postal designation was assigned in July 2007. With two delivery codes on file, mail routes centrally to the campus. Census demographic data is not available for this ZIP. Abilene is the valid mailing city for correspondence to the university.
| Establishments: | 6 |
| Employment: | 494 |
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 79697 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 5 business establishments, employing about 656 people with an annual payroll of $16,741,000. USPS data shows 0 residential mailboxes and 1 business mailboxes, reflecting local delivery coverage.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 1Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 5Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $4,122,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $16,741,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 656Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 79697 is located in Taylor County, Texas, within the Abilene, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 10180) and Texas's 19th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 178,244 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 79697. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Abilene, TXSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 10180Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 178,244Source: Census |
| MSA: | Abilene, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 19Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 25835.59 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4801000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Abilene city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 79697 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.