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42002

ZIP 42002 is in Paducah, Kentucky, in McCracken County; area codes 270 and 364; Central time. Paducah has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 42001 and 42003.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
McCracken
Metro area
Paducah, KY-IL
Coordinates
37.0855, -88.7125

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 42001, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42002 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 42002
  • 🔢 Type 42002 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOOZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,002 = 2 × 21001. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010000010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42001 (Paducah, KY, 4 mi away) and 42003 (Paducah, KY, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42002 becomes 20024 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 648 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02204, 02420, 04022, 04220, 20024, 20042, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04220 in Buckfield, ME, 1,081 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯566 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42002 and you would come out at 37.09°S, 91.29°E — 1,350 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments47This ZIP47
Employees1,123This ZIP1,123
Annual payroll$72,877,000This ZIP$72,877,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 42002

ZIPCityDistance
42086 West Paducah, KY 3.3 mi
42001 Paducah, KY 3.8 mi
42003 Paducah, KY 9.3 mi
42053 Kevil, KY 9.3 mi
62960 Metropolis, IL 10.2 mi
42060 Lovelaceville, KY 10.4 mi
62910 Brookport, IL 10.9 mi
62953 Joppa, IL 11.3 mi
42069 Melber, KY 11.8 mi
42027 Boaz, KY 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42002?

42002 is in Paducah, Kentucky, in McCracken County, part of the Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0855, -88.7125.

What county is 42002 in?

42002 lies in McCracken County.

What area code is 42002?

Paducah uses area codes 270 and 364, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 42002 in?

42002 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42002?

The closest are 42086 (3.3 mi), 42001 (3.8 mi), 42003 (9.3 mi), 42053 (9.3 mi) and 62960 (10.2 mi).

Is 42002 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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