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42201

ZIP 42201 is Aberdeen, Kentucky, in Butler County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Butler
Metro area
Bowling Green, KY
Coordinates
37.2539, -86.6817

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 42261, 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 42201
  • 🔢 Type 42201 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOZZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,201 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 521. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010011011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42171 (Smiths Grove, KY, 32 mi away) and 42202 (Adairville, KY, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42201 becomes 10224, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 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 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯667 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42201 and you would come out at 37.25°S, 93.32°E — 1,330 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 42201

ZIPCityDistance
42261 Morgantown, KY 3.1 mi
42288 Woodbury, KY 5.5 mi
42219 Dunbar, KY 7.4 mi
42333 Cromwell, KY 9.8 mi
42252 Jetson, KY 10.2 mi
42273 Rochester, KY 10.5 mi
42320 Beaver Dam, KY 11.6 mi
42349 Horse Branch, KY 12.2 mi
42275 Roundhill, KY 12.6 mi
42370 Rosine, KY 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42201?

42201 is in Aberdeen, Kentucky, in Butler County, part of the Bowling Green, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2539, -86.6817.

What county is 42201 in?

42201 lies in Butler County.

What area code is 42201?

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

What time zone is 42201 in?

42201 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42201?

The closest are 42261 (3.1 mi), 42288 (5.5 mi), 42219 (7.4 mi), 42333 (9.8 mi) and 42252 (10.2 mi).

Is 42201 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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