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29679

ZIP 29679 is in Seneca, South Carolina, in Oconee County; area codes 864 and 821; Eastern time. Seneca has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 29672 and 29678.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Oconee
Metro area
Seneca, SC
Coordinates
34.6857, -82.9532

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 29678, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29679 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 29679
  • 🔢 Type 29679 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLgGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,679 = 3 × 13 × 761. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111001111101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29678 (Seneca, SC, 4 mi away) and 29680 (Simpsonville, SC, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29679 becomes 97692, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27699, 27969, 29697, 62979, 62997, 79926, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96927 in Mongmong, GU, 7,871 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯928 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29679 and you would come out at 34.69°S, 97.05°E — 1,101 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 establishments16This ZIP16
Employees156This ZIP156
Annual payroll$7,038,000This ZIP$7,038,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29679

ZIPCityDistance
29665 Newry, SC 3.5 mi
29678 Seneca, SC 3.7 mi
29672 Seneca, SC 4.7 mi
29632 Clemson, SC 6.6 mi
29633 Clemson, SC 6.6 mi
29634 Clemson, SC 6.7 mi
29696 West Union, SC 7.3 mi
29631 Clemson, SC 7.7 mi
29675 Richland, SC 9.4 mi
29630 Central, SC 9.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29679?

29679 is in Seneca, South Carolina, in Oconee County, part of the Seneca, SC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6857, -82.9532.

What county is 29679 in?

29679 lies in Oconee County.

What area code is 29679?

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

What time zone is 29679 in?

29679 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29679?

The closest are 29665 (3.5 mi), 29678 (3.7 mi), 29672 (4.7 mi), 29632 (6.6 mi) and 29633 (6.6 mi).

Is 29679 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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