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29901

ZIP 29901 is in Beaufort, South Carolina, in Beaufort County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time. Beaufort has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 29902, 29903, 29904, 29906 and 29907.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Beaufort
Coordinates
32.4244, -80.5653

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 29920, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29901 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 29901
  • 🔢 Type 29901 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOGGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,901 = 3 × 9967. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010011001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29899 (Mc Cormick, SC, 142 mi away) and 29902 (Beaufort, SC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29901 becomes 10992 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washingtonville, NY, 715 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01929, 02199, 02919, 09192, 10992, 19029, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09192 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,492 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,125 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29901 and you would come out at 32.42°S, 99.43°E — 960 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees254This ZIP254
Annual payroll$14,026,000This ZIP$14,026,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29901

ZIPCityDistance
29907 Beaufort, SC 4.0 mi
29920 Saint Helena Island, SC 4.2 mi
29938 Hilton Head Island, SC 6.1 mi
29935 Port Royal, SC 8.1 mi
29905 Parris Island, SC 9.2 mi
29904 Beaufort, SC 9.9 mi
29903 Beaufort, SC 10.0 mi
29902 Beaufort, SC 10.1 mi
29914 Dale, SC 11.0 mi
29940 Seabrook, SC 11.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29901?

29901 is in Beaufort, South Carolina, in Beaufort County, part of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.4244, -80.5653.

What county is 29901 in?

29901 lies in Beaufort County.

What area code is 29901?

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

What time zone is 29901 in?

29901 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29901?

The closest are 29907 (4 mi), 29920 (4.2 mi), 29938 (6.1 mi), 29935 (8.1 mi) and 29905 (9.2 mi).

Is 29901 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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