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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/29442

29442

ZIP 29442 is in Georgetown, South Carolina, in Georgetown County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time. Georgetown has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 29440.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Georgetown
Metro area
Murrells Inlet, SC
Coordinates
33.4037, -79.2264

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 29440, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29442 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 29442
  • 🔢 Type 29442 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhhGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,442 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 701. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001100000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29440 (Georgetown, SC, 6 mi away) and 29445 (Goose Creek, SC, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29442 becomes 24492, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24924, 29424, 49224, 49242, 49422, 92244). The farthest-flung twin is 92244 in El Centro, CA, 2,100 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,158 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29442 and you would come out at 33.40°S, 100.77°E — 882 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments29This ZIP29
Employees474This ZIP474
Annual payroll$27,798,000This ZIP$27,798,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29442

ZIPCityDistance
29440 Georgetown, SC 6.2 mi
29585 Pawleys Island, SC 13.2 mi
29576 Murrells Inlet, SC 15.2 mi
29575 Myrtle Beach, SC 21.3 mi
29587 Myrtle Beach, SC 21.3 mi
29588 Myrtle Beach, SC 21.9 mi
29510 Andrews, SC 22.6 mi
29554 Hemingway, SC 22.8 mi
29458 Mc Clellanville, SC 24.7 mi
29453 Jamestown, SC 25.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29442?

29442 is in Georgetown, South Carolina, in Georgetown County, part of the Murrells Inlet, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4037, -79.2264.

What county is 29442 in?

29442 lies in Georgetown County.

What area code is 29442?

Georgetown uses area codes 843 and 854, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29442 in?

29442 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29442?

The closest are 29440 (6.2 mi), 29585 (13.2 mi), 29576 (15.2 mi), 29575 (21.3 mi) and 29587 (21.3 mi).

Is 29442 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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