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41542

ZIP 41542 is Lookout, Kentucky, in Pike County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pike
Metro area
Pikeville, KY
Coordinates
37.3148, -82.4650

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 41522, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 41542 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 41542
  • 🔢 Type 41542 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhSIh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 41,542 = 2 × 20771. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010001001000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 41540 (Lick Creek, KY, 9 mi away) and 41543 (Mc Andrews, KY, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 41542 becomes 24514 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lynchburg, VA, 181 miles away.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12454, 12544, 14425, 14452, 14542, 15244, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51244 in Matlock, IA, 818 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯886 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 41542 and you would come out at 37.31°S, 97.53°E — 1,104 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 41542

ZIPCityDistance
41561 Rockhouse, KY 1.2 mi
41534 Hellier, KY 3.1 mi
41522 Elkhorn City, KY 3.6 mi
41512 Ashcamp, KY 4.4 mi
41562 Shelbiana, KY 6.0 mi
41559 Regina, KY 6.1 mi
41520 Dorton, KY 6.6 mi
41538 Jonancy, KY 6.9 mi
41513 Belcher, KY 7.2 mi
41563 Shelby Gap, KY 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 41542?

41542 is in Lookout, Kentucky, in Pike County, part of the Pikeville, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3148, -82.4650.

What county is 41542 in?

41542 lies in Pike County.

What area code is 41542?

Lookout uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 41542 in?

41542 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 41542?

The closest are 41561 (1.2 mi), 41534 (3.1 mi), 41522 (3.6 mi), 41512 (4.4 mi) and 41562 (6 mi).

Is 41542 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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