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29744

ZIP 29744 is Van Wyck, South Carolina, in Lancaster County; area codes 803 and 839; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lancaster
Coordinates
34.8585, -80.8459

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 29720, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29744 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 29744
  • 🔢 Type 29744 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhLGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,744 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 13 × 13. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010000110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29743 (Smyrna, SC, 35 mi away) and 29745 (York, SC, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29744 becomes 44792, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24479, 24974, 27944, 29447, 29474, 42749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97442 in Glendale, OR, 2,331 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,031 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29744 and you would come out at 34.86°S, 99.15°E — 983 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees7This ZIP7
Annual payroll$156,000This ZIP$156,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29744

ZIPCityDistance
29704 Catawba, SC 4.1 mi
28173 Waxhaw, NC 7.8 mi
29712 Edgemoor, SC 8.5 mi
29707 Fort Mill, SC 8.9 mi
29720 Lancaster, SC 9.7 mi
29730 Rock Hill, SC 10.1 mi
28108 Mineral Springs, NC 10.8 mi
29714 Fort Lawn, SC 10.8 mi
29724 Lando, SC 11.1 mi
29715 Fort Mill, SC 11.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29744?

29744 is in Van Wyck, South Carolina, in Lancaster County, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.8585, -80.8459.

What county is 29744 in?

29744 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 29744?

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

What time zone is 29744 in?

29744 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29744?

The closest are 29704 (4.1 mi), 28173 (7.8 mi), 29712 (8.5 mi), 29707 (8.9 mi) and 29720 (9.7 mi).

Is 29744 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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