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42402

ZIP 42402 is Baskett, Kentucky, in Henderson County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Henderson
Metro area
Henderson, KY
Coordinates
37.8709, -87.4625

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 42420, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42402 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 42402
  • 🔢 Type 42402 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOhZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,402 = 2 × 3 × 37 × 191. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010110100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42378 (Whitesville, KY, 35 mi away) and 42404 (Clay, KY, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42402 becomes 20424 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 570 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04224, 04422, 20244, 20424, 20442, 22044, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04422 in Charleston, ME, 1,073 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯613 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42402 and you would come out at 37.87°S, 92.54°E — 1,361 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 42402

ZIPCityDistance
42458 Spottsville, KY 2.1 mi
42451 Reed, KY 4.0 mi
42420 Henderson, KY 5.8 mi
47714 Evansville, IN 6.7 mi
47750 Evansville, IN 6.7 mi
47715 Evansville, IN 7.1 mi
47713 Evansville, IN 7.4 mi
47722 Evansville, IN 8.1 mi
47630 Newburgh, IN 8.5 mi
42419 Henderson, KY 8.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42402?

42402 is in Baskett, Kentucky, in Henderson County, part of the Henderson, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.8709, -87.4625.

What county is 42402 in?

42402 lies in Henderson County.

What area code is 42402?

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

What time zone is 42402 in?

42402 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42402?

The closest are 42458 (2.1 mi), 42451 (4 mi), 42420 (5.8 mi), 47714 (6.7 mi) and 47750 (6.7 mi).

Is 42402 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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