| City: | El Paso, Texas |
| Names to Avoid: | El Paso Natural Gas |
| County: | El Paso County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:57:56 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 915 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 31.7589, -106.4866 |
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El Paso Natural Gas Company, a natural gas pipeline operator founded in 1928, uses dedicated ZIP code 79978 in El Paso County, Texas. Paul Kayser and H. Gordon Frost Sr. obtained a franchise from the El Paso City Council in 1929 to sell natural gas to the city, which at the time was the only major Texas city without service. On June 19, 1929, deliveries began through a 204-mile pipeline from wells near Jal, New Mexico, pioneering new methods of welding and terrain crossing along the route.
Located near the Cielo Vista North neighborhood, this unique postal designation has served the company for more than twenty years. El Paso Natural Gas expanded to serve California by 1947 and became a pioneer in using gas-turbine compressors. The 10,140-mile pipeline system is now owned by Kinder Morgan, transporting natural gas from the San Juan, Permian, and Anadarko basins. No current delivery codes remain on file. El Paso is the valid mailing city.
ZIP Code 79978 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 79978 is located in El Paso County, Texas, within the El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 21340). This Metro area has a population of 800,647 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 79978. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | El Paso, TXSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 21340Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 800,647Source: Census |
| MSA: | El Paso, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | No DistrictsSource: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4824000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | El Paso city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 79978 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.