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42457

ZIP 42457 is Smith Mills, Kentucky, in Henderson County; area codes 270 and 364; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Henderson
Metro area
Henderson, KY
Coordinates
37.8323, -87.7889

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 42406, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42457 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 42457
  • 🔢 Type 42457 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LShZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 42457 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010111011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42456 (Slaughters, KY, 27 mi away) and 42458 (Spottsville, KY, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42457 becomes 75424 — and that is a real ZIP code: Blue Ridge, TX, 575 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24457, 24574, 27544, 42754, 44275, 45247, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57442 in Gettysburg, SD, 811 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯597 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42457 and you would come out at 37.83°S, 92.21°E — 1,350 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 42457

ZIPCityDistance
42461 Uniontown, KY 6.0 mi
42462 Waverly, KY 6.5 mi
47620 Mount Vernon, IN 9.3 mi
47712 Evansville, IN 9.9 mi
42406 Corydon, KY 10.3 mi
42419 Henderson, KY 10.5 mi
47721 Evansville, IN 14.4 mi
42437 Morganfield, KY 14.4 mi
47713 Evansville, IN 15.0 mi
42420 Henderson, KY 15.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42457?

42457 is in Smith Mills, Kentucky, in Henderson County, part of the Henderson, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.8323, -87.7889.

What county is 42457 in?

42457 lies in Henderson County.

What area code is 42457?

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

What time zone is 42457 in?

42457 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42457?

The closest are 42461 (6 mi), 42462 (6.5 mi), 47620 (9.3 mi), 47712 (9.9 mi) and 42406 (10.3 mi).

Is 42457 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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