| City: | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Names to Avoid: | Bell South |
| County: | Richland County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:06:59 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 803 / 839 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 34.0009, -81.0353 |
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ZIP code 29215 served BellSouth operations in Richland County, South Carolina. BellSouth was formed in 1984 when the Bell System was broken up under an antitrust agreement with the U.S. Justice Department. Southern Bell and South Central Bell merged to create BellSouth Corporation, which provided telephone and internet services across nine southeastern states including South Carolina. Columbia served as BellSouth's South Carolina statewide operations center. The USPS established this dedicated postal designation in 2008.
On December 29, 2006, AT&T Inc. completed its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth, making it the last of the original Regional Bell Operating Companies to be reabsorbed. The combined company had 58 million cell phone customers and 67.5 million phone lines. Postal records show 2 ZIP+4 codes associated with the BellSouth facility on Laurel Street in downtown Columbia's Congaree Vista neighborhood. Columbia is the valid mailing city.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 29215 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes. USPS data shows 0 residential mailboxes and 1 business mailboxes, reflecting local delivery coverage.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 1Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 29215 is located in Richland County, South Carolina, within the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 17900) and South Carolina's 6th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 767,598 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 29215. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Columbia, SCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 17900Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 767,598Source: Census |
| MSA: | Columbia, SC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 8062.93 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4516000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Columbia city; South CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 29215 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.