ZIP code · Fort Hancock · Texas · United States
ZIP code 79839 — Fort Hancock
ZIP code 79839 serves Fort Hancock, Texas.
- Postal code
- 79839Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Fort Hancock
- County
- Hudspeth FIPS 48229
- State
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 31.2985, -105.8452 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 1,163 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 4 / sq mi
- Land area
- 326.6 sq mi (846 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $36,667
- Per-capita income
- $14,520
- Median age
- 26.2
- Households
- 286
- Housing units
- 388
- Median home value
- $50,800
- Congressional district
- TX-23 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 8a (10 to 15 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Denver (UTC−7 / UTC−6 DST)
- Area code
- 915Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 79839
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jun (avg high 98°F), coldest Jan (avg low 27°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 61 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 91 | 98 | 96 | 94 | 90 | 82 | 71 | 61 |
| Avg low °F | 27 | 32 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: FT HANCOCK 8SSE (10.0 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 79839
- 3 schools
- 1 supermarkets
- 1 restaurants & cafés
- 1 parks
- 1 post offices
- 3 places of worship
- 3 gas stations
- 1 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page