Texas · Census place 4859012
Post, Texas
Post is a city in Garza County, Texas with an estimated 3,594 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 456th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,594
- #456 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -25.0%
- -1,199 people
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 958 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Post population, 2020 to 2024
Post lost 1,199 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -25.0%. In the latest year it moved by +46.
Post covers 3.75 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 958 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Post is less dense than the typical town.
What county Post is in
All of Post's residents live in Garza County, which had 4,645 residents in 2024. Post holds 77.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Post
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Post by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79356. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Post is
The Census internal point of Post is at 33.190900, -101.381500. Austin, the capital, is 293.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Slaton, TX (5,698 people), 23.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lubbock, TX, 38.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.190900, -101.381500
- DMS
- 33°11'27.24"N 101°22'53.40"W
- UTM
- 14N 277984.7E 3674977.2N
- Geohash
- 9tzuv40pp
- Plus code
- 855W5JR9+99
Daylight in Post
At 33.19° N, Post gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Post
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Slaton, 23.5 miles away, with 5,698 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Post, TX?
3,594 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,199 (25.0%) from 4,793 in July 2020.
What county is Post in?
Garza County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Post?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79356.
How far is Post from Austin?
293.9 miles (473.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Post.
What is the nearest larger city to Post?
Slaton, TX, with 5,698 residents, 23.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.