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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/29230

29230

ZIP 29230 is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County; area codes 803 and 839; Eastern time. Columbia has 34 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Richland
Metro area
Columbia, SC
Coordinates
34.1075, -81.0626

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 29203, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29230 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 29230
  • 🔢 Type 29230 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEZGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,230 = 2 × 5 × 37 × 79. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001000101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29229 (Columbia, SC, 10 mi away) and 29240 (Columbia, SC, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29230 becomes 03292, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02293, 03229, 20239, 20392, 22039, 22309, …). The farthest-flung twin is 93202 in Armona, CA, 2,172 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,042 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29230 and you would come out at 34.11°S, 98.94°E — 990 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees22This ZIP22
Annual payroll$613,000This ZIP$613,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29230

ZIPCityDistance
29203 Columbia, SC 1.3 mi
29210 Columbia, SC 5.1 mi
29147 State Park, SC 5.6 mi
29204 Columbia, SC 6.5 mi
29202 Columbia, SC 7.5 mi
29211 Columbia, SC 7.5 mi
29214 Columbia, SC 7.5 mi
29216 Columbia, SC 7.5 mi
29217 Columbia, SC 7.5 mi
29218 Columbia, SC 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29230?

29230 is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County, part of the Columbia, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.1075, -81.0626.

What county is 29230 in?

29230 lies in Richland County.

What area code is 29230?

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

What time zone is 29230 in?

29230 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29230?

The closest are 29203 (1.3 mi), 29210 (5.1 mi), 29147 (5.6 mi), 29204 (6.5 mi) and 29202 (7.5 mi).

Is 29230 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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