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42152

ZIP 42152 is Hiseville, Kentucky, in Barren County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Barren
Metro area
Glasgow, KY
Coordinates
37.0988, -85.8165

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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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 42152
  • 🔢 Type 42152 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSIZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,152 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 479. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010010101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42151 (Hestand, KY, 34 mi away) and 42153 (Holland, KY, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42152 becomes 25124 — and that is a real ZIP code: Liberty, WV, 245 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12245, 12452, 12524, 12542, 14225, 14522, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12245 in Albany, NY, 745 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯715 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42152 and you would come out at 37.10°S, 94.18°E — 1,281 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees53This ZIP53
Annual payroll$1,353,000This ZIP$1,353,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 42152

ZIPCityDistance
42127 Cave City, KY 6.3 mi
42154 Knob Lick, KY 6.3 mi
42214 Center, KY 6.7 mi
42749 Horse Cave, KY 6.8 mi
42142 Glasgow, KY 8.8 mi
42746 Hardyville, KY 9.1 mi
42141 Glasgow, KY 12.0 mi
42130 Eighty Eight, KY 12.1 mi
42722 Canmer, KY 13.5 mi
42129 Edmonton, KY 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42152?

42152 is in Hiseville, Kentucky, in Barren County, part of the Glasgow, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0988, -85.8165.

What county is 42152 in?

42152 lies in Barren County.

What area code is 42152?

Hiseville uses area code 270, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 42152 in?

42152 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42152?

The closest are 42127 (6.3 mi), 42154 (6.3 mi), 42214 (6.7 mi), 42749 (6.8 mi) and 42142 (8.8 mi).

Is 42152 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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