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42102

ZIP 42102 is in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in Warren County; area codes 270 and 364; Central time. Bowling Green has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 42101, 42103 and 42104.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Warren
Metro area
Bowling Green, KY
Coordinates
36.9223, -86.3870

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 42122, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42102 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 42102
  • 🔢 Type 42102 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOIZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,102 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 2339. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010001110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42101 (Bowling Green, KY, 10 mi away) and 42103 (Bowling Green, KY, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42102 becomes 20124 — and that is a real ZIP code: Clifton, VA, 507 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01224, 01242, 02124, 02142, 02241, 02421, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04221 in Canton, ME, 989 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯690 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42102 and you would come out at 36.92°S, 93.61°E — 1,310 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments70This ZIP70
Employees2,474This ZIP2,474
Annual payroll$167,365,000This ZIP$167,365,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 42102

ZIPCityDistance
42128 Drake, KY 4.2 mi
42103 Bowling Green, KY 4.5 mi
42104 Bowling Green, KY 4.7 mi
42122 Alvaton, KY 4.9 mi
42159 Oakland, KY 9.2 mi
42101 Bowling Green, KY 10.3 mi
42170 Woodburn, KY 11.1 mi
42274 Rockfield, KY 11.9 mi
42171 Smiths Grove, KY 14.1 mi
42164 Scottsville, KY 15.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42102?

42102 is in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in Warren County, part of the Bowling Green, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9223, -86.3870.

What county is 42102 in?

42102 lies in Warren County.

What area code is 42102?

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

What time zone is 42102 in?

42102 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42102?

The closest are 42128 (4.2 mi), 42103 (4.5 mi), 42104 (4.7 mi), 42122 (4.9 mi) and 42159 (9.2 mi).

Is 42102 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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