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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/29260

29260

ZIP 29260 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
34.0060, -80.9708

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 29206, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29260 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 29260
  • 🔢 Type 29260 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgZGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,260 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 11 × 19. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001001001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29250 (Columbia, SC, 0 mi away) and 29290 (Columbia, SC, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29260 becomes 06292, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02269, 06922, 09226, 09262, 09622, 20629, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96220 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,449 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯1,050 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29260 and you would come out at 34.01°S, 99.03°E — 985 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 establishments7This ZIP7
Employees15This ZIP15
Annual payroll$603,000This ZIP$603,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29260

ZIPCityDistance
29215 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi
29219 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi
29221 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi
29222 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi
29224 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi
29226 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi
29227 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi
29240 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi
29250 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi
29290 Columbia, SC 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29260?

29260 is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County, part of the Columbia, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.0060, -80.9708.

What county is 29260 in?

29260 lies in Richland County.

What area code is 29260?

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

What time zone is 29260 in?

29260 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29260?

The closest are 29215 (0 mi), 29219 (0 mi), 29221 (0 mi), 29222 (0 mi) and 29224 (0 mi).

Is 29260 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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