42221

ZIP 42221 is Fairview, Kentucky, in Christian County; area code 270; Central time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Christian
Metro area: Clarksville, TN-KY
Coordinates: 36.8434, -87.3039

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 42266, 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 42221

🔢 Type 42221 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZZZh — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ 42221 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010011101101
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42220 (Elkton, KY, 8 mi away) and 42223 (Fort Campbell, KY, 17 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 42221 becomes 12224 — and that is a real ZIP code: Albany, NY, 823 miles away.
👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12224, 12242, 12422, 14222, 21224, 22124, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12224 in Albany, NY, 823 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
🎯644 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42221 and you would come out at 36.84°S, 92.70°E — 1,359 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.

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ZIP codes near 42221

ZIP	City	Distance
`42266`	Pembroke, KY	7.5 mi
`42220`	Elkton, KY	7.7 mi
`42286`	Trenton, KY	8.2 mi
`42240`	Hopkinsville, KY	9.2 mi
`42241`	Hopkinsville, KY	10.5 mi
`42234`	Guthrie, KY	10.9 mi
`42262`	Oak Grove, KY	13.3 mi
`42280`	Sharon Grove, KY	13.8 mi
`42216`	Clifty, KY	13.9 mi
`42204`	Allensville, KY	15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42221?

42221 is in Fairview, Kentucky, in Christian County, part of the Clarksville, TN-KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8434, -87.3039.

What county is 42221 in?

42221 lies in Christian County.

What area code is 42221?

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

What time zone is 42221 in?

42221 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42221?

The closest are 42266 (7.5 mi), 42220 (7.7 mi), 42286 (8.2 mi), 42240 (9.2 mi) and 42241 (10.5 mi).

Is 42221 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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