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29002

ZIP 29002 is Ballentine, South Carolina, in Richland County; area codes 803 and 839; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Richland
Metro area
Columbia, SC
Coordinates
34.1265, -81.2348

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 29063, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29002 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 29002
  • 🔢 Type 29002 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOOGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,002 = 2 × 17 × 853. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000101001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29001 (Alcolu, SC, 65 mi away) and 29003 (Bamberg, SC, 62 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29002 becomes 20092, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00922, 02902, 02920, 09202, 09220, 20029, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09202 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,440 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,033 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29002 and you would come out at 34.13°S, 98.77°E — 1,000 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees145This ZIP145
Annual payroll$4,573,000This ZIP$4,573,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29002

ZIPCityDistance
29063 Irmo, SC 2.0 mi
29177 White Rock, SC 2.1 mi
29212 Columbia, SC 3.9 mi
29036 Chapin, SC 6.0 mi
29210 Columbia, SC 9.1 mi
29072 Lexington, SC 9.1 mi
29122 Peak, SC 9.4 mi
29075 Little Mountain, SC 9.6 mi
29230 Columbia, SC 9.9 mi
29071 Lexington, SC 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29002?

29002 is in Ballentine, South Carolina, in Richland County, part of the Columbia, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.1265, -81.2348.

What county is 29002 in?

29002 lies in Richland County.

What area code is 29002?

Ballentine uses area codes 803 and 839, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29002 in?

29002 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29002?

The closest are 29063 (2 mi), 29177 (2.1 mi), 29212 (3.9 mi), 29036 (6 mi) and 29210 (9.1 mi).

Is 29002 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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