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29938

ZIP 29938 is in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, in Beaufort County; area codes 843 and 854; Eastern time. Hilton Head Island has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 29925, 29926 and 29928.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Beaufort
Coordinates
32.3906, -80.6610

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 29907, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 29938 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 29938
  • 🔢 Type 29938 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEGGZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 29,938 = 2 × 14969. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010011110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 29936 (Ridgeland, SC, 19 mi away) and 29939 (Scotia, SC, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 29938 becomes 83992, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23899, 28399, 29839, 32899, 38929, 39289, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99832 in Pelican, AK, 3,102 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,122 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 29938 and you would come out at 32.39°S, 99.34°E — 966 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 establishments24This ZIP24
Employees195This ZIP195
Annual payroll$13,280,000This ZIP$13,280,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 29938

ZIPCityDistance
29935 Port Royal, SC 2.1 mi
29905 Parris Island, SC 3.3 mi
29902 Beaufort, SC 5.2 mi
29903 Beaufort, SC 5.7 mi
29901 Beaufort, SC 6.1 mi
29920 Saint Helena Island, SC 6.5 mi
29906 Beaufort, SC 6.5 mi
29907 Beaufort, SC 6.8 mi
29904 Beaufort, SC 7.1 mi
29914 Dale, SC 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 29938?

29938 is in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, in Beaufort County, part of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.3906, -80.6610.

What county is 29938 in?

29938 lies in Beaufort County.

What area code is 29938?

Hilton Head Island uses area codes 843 and 854, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 29938 in?

29938 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 29938?

The closest are 29935 (2.1 mi), 29905 (3.3 mi), 29902 (5.2 mi), 29903 (5.7 mi) and 29901 (6.1 mi).

Is 29938 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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