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39442

ZIP 39442 is in Laurel, Mississippi, in Jones County; area codes 601 and 769; Central time. Laurel has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 39440, 39441 and 39443.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jones
Metro area
Laurel, MS
Coordinates
31.6823, -89.0406

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 39443, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 39442 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 39442
  • 🔢 Type 39442 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhhGE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 39,442 = 2 × 13 × 37 × 41. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001101000010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 39441 (Laurel, MS, 4 mi away) and 39443 (Laurel, MS, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 39442 becomes 24493, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23944, 24439, 24934, 24943, 29434, 32449, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94234 in Sacramento, CA, 1,884 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯775 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 39442 and you would come out at 31.68°S, 90.96°E — 1,400 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 05m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees110This ZIP110
Annual payroll$2,991,000This ZIP$2,991,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 39442

ZIPCityDistance
39443 Laurel, MS 3.2 mi
39441 Laurel, MS 3.7 mi
39440 Laurel, MS 6.4 mi
39477 Sandersville, MS 7.8 mi
39460 Moss, MS 12.2 mi
39437 Ellisville, MS 12.6 mi
39439 Heidelberg, MS 12.7 mi
39464 Ovett, MS 13.2 mi
39480 Soso, MS 16.3 mi
39481 Stringer, MS 17.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 39442?

39442 is in Laurel, Mississippi, in Jones County, part of the Laurel, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.6823, -89.0406.

What county is 39442 in?

39442 lies in Jones County.

What area code is 39442?

Laurel uses area codes 601 and 769, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 39442 in?

39442 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 39442?

The closest are 39443 (3.2 mi), 39441 (3.7 mi), 39440 (6.4 mi), 39477 (7.8 mi) and 39460 (12.2 mi).

Is 39442 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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