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42142

ZIP 42142 is in Glasgow, Kentucky, in Barren County; area codes 270 and 364; Central time. Glasgow has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 42141.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Barren
Metro area
Glasgow, KY
Coordinates
36.9959, -85.9119

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 42141, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42142 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 42142
  • 🔢 Type 42142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhIZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,142 = 2 × 19 × 1109. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010010011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42141 (Glasgow, KY, 4 mi away) and 42151 (Hestand, KY, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42142 becomes 24124 — and that is a real ZIP code: Narrows, VA, 279 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12244, 12424, 12442, 14224, 14422, 21244, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12244 in Albany, NY, 753 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯712 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42142 and you would come out at 37.00°S, 94.09°E — 1,285 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 establishments15This ZIP15
Employees279This ZIP279
Annual payroll$16,511,000This ZIP$16,511,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 42142

ZIPCityDistance
42141 Glasgow, KY 3.9 mi
42130 Eighty Eight, KY 8.5 mi
42127 Cave City, KY 8.8 mi
42152 Hiseville, KY 8.8 mi
42154 Knob Lick, KY 10.7 mi
42131 Etoile, KY 11.5 mi
42156 Lucas, KY 11.8 mi
42160 Park City, KY 12.6 mi
42123 Austin, KY 13.0 mi
42749 Horse Cave, KY 13.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42142?

42142 is in Glasgow, Kentucky, in Barren County, part of the Glasgow, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9959, -85.9119.

What county is 42142 in?

42142 lies in Barren County.

What area code is 42142?

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

What time zone is 42142 in?

42142 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42142?

The closest are 42141 (3.9 mi), 42130 (8.5 mi), 42127 (8.8 mi), 42152 (8.8 mi) and 42154 (10.7 mi).

Is 42142 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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