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29342

ZIP 29342 is in Gaffney, South Carolina, in Cherokee County; area codes 864 and 821; Eastern time. Gaffney has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 29340 and 29341.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cherokee
Metro area
Gaffney, SC
Coordinates
34.9963, -81.6524

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 29340, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 29342
  • 🔢 Type 29342 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhEGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,342 = 2 × 17 × 863. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001010011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29341 (Gaffney, SC, 9 mi away) and 29346 (Glendale, SC, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29342 becomes 24392, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22943, 23249, 23294, 23429, 23924, 23942, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94232 in Sacramento, CA, 2,201 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯985 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29342 and you would come out at 35.00°S, 98.35°E — 1,030 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees379This ZIP379
Annual payroll$14,915,000This ZIP$14,915,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29342

ZIPCityDistance
29340 Gaffney, SC 4.1 mi
29373 Pacolet Mills, SC 7.1 mi
29372 Pacolet, SC 7.3 mi
29341 Gaffney, SC 9.2 mi
29330 Cowpens, SC 9.4 mi
29324 Clifton, SC 9.7 mi
29307 Spartanburg, SC 10.2 mi
29329 Converse, SC 10.4 mi
29346 Glendale, SC 11.0 mi
29395 Jonesville, SC 11.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29342?

29342 is in Gaffney, South Carolina, in Cherokee County, part of the Gaffney, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9963, -81.6524.

What county is 29342 in?

29342 lies in Cherokee County.

What area code is 29342?

Gaffney uses area codes 864 and 821, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29342 in?

29342 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29342?

The closest are 29340 (4.1 mi), 29373 (7.1 mi), 29372 (7.3 mi), 29341 (9.2 mi) and 29330 (9.4 mi).

Is 29342 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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