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The 77056 ZIP Code is centered1 in Harris County at latitude 29.748 and longitude -95.467 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Harris County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 77056 was 14,031 with 8,610 housing units; a land area land area of 3.53 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 3,974.23 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Lamar Terrace, TX (1.4 miles S)
Bellaire Junction, TX (1.9 miles SE)
Hunters Creek Village, TX (2.4 miles NW)
Piney Point Village, TX (3.1 miles WNW)
West University Place, TX (3.1 miles SE)
Bellaire, TX (3.1 miles S)
Southside Place, TX (3.4 miles SSE)
Hilshire Village, TX (3.4 miles NNW)
Hedwig Village, TX (3.6 miles NW)
Spring Valley, TX (3.6 miles NW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Briargrove, TX (1.4 miles W)
Westview Terrace, TX (3.6 miles N)
Monarch Oaks, TX (3.6 miles NNW)
Pine Terrace, TX (3.6 miles N)
South Side Place, TX (3.6 miles SE)
Holly Park, TX (3.9 miles NNE)
Eureka Acres, TX (3.9 miles N)
Spring Oaks, TX (4.1 miles NNW)
Southampton Place, TX (4.1 miles ESE)
Timber Grove Manor, TX (4.1 miles NNE)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.