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29071

ZIP 29071 is in Lexington, South Carolina, in Lexington County; area codes 803 and 839; Eastern time. Lexington has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 29072 and 29073.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lexington
Metro area
Columbia, SC
Coordinates
33.9815, -81.2362

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 29072, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29071 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 29071
  • 🔢 Type 29071 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILOGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,071 = 7 × 4153. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111000110001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29070 (Leesville, SC, 13 mi away) and 29072 (Lexington, SC, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29071 becomes 17092, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02719, 02791, 02917, 07192, 07921, 09172, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09721 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,718 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,038 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29071 and you would come out at 33.98°S, 98.76°E — 1,000 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees334This ZIP334
Annual payroll$13,112,000This ZIP$13,112,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29071

ZIPCityDistance
29072 Lexington, SC 2.4 mi
29171 West Columbia, SC 4.0 mi
29228 Columbia, SC 4.0 mi
29170 West Columbia, SC 6.0 mi
29073 Lexington, SC 6.2 mi
29212 Columbia, SC 6.9 mi
29169 West Columbia, SC 8.0 mi
29210 Columbia, SC 8.5 mi
29054 Gilbert, SC 8.7 mi
29002 Ballentine, SC 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29071?

29071 is in Lexington, South Carolina, in Lexington County, part of the Columbia, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9815, -81.2362.

What county is 29071 in?

29071 lies in Lexington County.

What area code is 29071?

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

What time zone is 29071 in?

29071 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29071?

The closest are 29072 (2.4 mi), 29171 (4 mi), 29228 (4 mi), 29170 (6 mi) and 29073 (6.2 mi).

Is 29071 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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