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42216

ZIP 42216 is Clifty, Kentucky, in Todd County; area codes 270 and 364; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Todd
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.0045, -87.1521

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 42220, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42216 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 42216
  • 🔢 Type 42216 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIZZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,216 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 1759. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010011101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42215 (Cerulean, KY, 29 mi away) and 42217 (Crofton, KY, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42216 becomes 61224, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12246, 14226, 14622, 16224, 16242, 16422, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12246 in Albany, NY, 810 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯648 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42216 and you would come out at 37.00°S, 92.85°E — 1,353 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 establishments4This ZIP4
Employees3This ZIP3
Annual payroll$122,000This ZIP$122,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 42216

ZIPCityDistance
42280 Sharon Grove, KY 4.4 mi
42220 Elkton, KY 7.0 mi
42345 Greenville, KY 10.0 mi
42256 Lewisburg, KY 11.2 mi
42324 Belton, KY 12.2 mi
42339 Dunmor, KY 13.3 mi
42323 Beechmont, KY 13.4 mi
42321 Beech Creek, KY 13.5 mi
42221 Fairview, KY 13.9 mi
42367 Powderly, KY 16.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42216?

42216 is in Clifty, Kentucky, in Todd County. Its published point location is 37.0045, -87.1521.

What county is 42216 in?

42216 lies in Todd County.

What area code is 42216?

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

What time zone is 42216 in?

42216 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42216?

The closest are 42280 (4.4 mi), 42220 (7 mi), 42345 (10 mi), 42256 (11.2 mi) and 42324 (12.2 mi).

Is 42216 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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