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29656

ZIP 29656 is La France, South Carolina, in Anderson County; area code 864; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Anderson
Coordinates
34.6252, -82.7654

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 29670, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29656 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 29656
  • 🔢 Type 29656 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,656 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 337. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29655 (Iva, SC, 26 mi away) and 29657 (Liberty, SC, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29656 becomes 65692 — and that is a real ZIP code: Koshkonong, MO, 517 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25669, 25696, 25966, 29566, 29665, 56296, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95626 in Elverta, CA, 2,148 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯940 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29656 and you would come out at 34.63°S, 97.23°E — 1,090 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees44This ZIP44
Annual payroll$1,834,000This ZIP$1,834,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29656

ZIPCityDistance
29677 Sandy Springs, SC 2.0 mi
29670 Pendleton, SC 2.7 mi
29625 Anderson, SC 4.8 mi
29631 Clemson, SC 4.9 mi
29634 Clemson, SC 5.3 mi
29632 Clemson, SC 5.7 mi
29633 Clemson, SC 5.7 mi
29630 Central, SC 8.1 mi
29689 Townville, SC 8.8 mi
29667 Norris, SC 9.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29656?

29656 is in La France, South Carolina, in Anderson County, part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6252, -82.7654.

What county is 29656 in?

29656 lies in Anderson County.

What area code is 29656?

La France uses area code 864, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29656 in?

29656 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29656?

The closest are 29677 (2 mi), 29670 (2.7 mi), 29625 (4.8 mi), 29631 (4.9 mi) and 29634 (5.3 mi).

Is 29656 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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