42288

ZIP 42288 is Woodbury, 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: 37.1834, -86.6339

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 42288

🔢 Type 42288 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBZZh — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 42,288 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 881. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010100110000
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42286 (Trenton, KY, 47 mi away) and 42301 (Owensboro, KY, 51 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 42288 becomes 88224, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22488, 22848, 24828, 24882, 28284, 28428, …). The farthest-flung twin is 82428 in Hyattville, WY, 1,198 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
🎯671 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42288 and you would come out at 37.18°S, 93.37°E — 1,326 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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ZIP codes near 42288

ZIP	City	Distance
`42261`	Morgantown, KY	2.6 mi
`42201`	Aberdeen, KY	5.5 mi
`42219`	Dunbar, KY	7.4 mi
`42252`	Jetson, KY	8.2 mi
`42275`	Roundhill, KY	10.5 mi
`42273`	Rochester, KY	12.6 mi
`42101`	Bowling Green, KY	12.8 mi
`42333`	Cromwell, KY	15.3 mi
`42274`	Rockfield, KY	16.2 mi
`42320`	Beaver Dam, KY	16.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42288?

42288 is in Woodbury, Kentucky, in Butler County, part of the Bowling Green, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1834, -86.6339.

What county is 42288 in?

42288 lies in Butler County.

What area code is 42288?

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

What time zone is 42288 in?

42288 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42288?

The closest are 42261 (2.6 mi), 42201 (5.5 mi), 42219 (7.4 mi), 42252 (8.2 mi) and 42275 (10.5 mi).

Is 42288 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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