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42460

ZIP 42460 is Sullivan, Kentucky, in Union County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Union
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.4940, -87.9328

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 42459, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42460 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 42460
  • 🔢 Type 42460 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OghZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,460 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 11 × 193. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010111011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42459 (Sturgis, KY, 7 mi away) and 42461 (Uniontown, KY, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42460 becomes 06424 — and that is a real ZIP code: East Hampton, CT, 868 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02446, 02464, 02644, 04426, 04462, 04624, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04624 in Corea, ME, 1,142 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯596 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42460 and you would come out at 37.49°S, 92.07°E — 1,360 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 42460

ZIPCityDistance
42463 Wheatcroft, KY 3.8 mi
42404 Clay, KY 5.3 mi
42459 Sturgis, KY 6.9 mi
42437 Morganfield, KY 10.8 mi
42450 Providence, KY 11.2 mi
62919 Cave In Rock, IL 11.5 mi
42409 Dixon, KY 13.5 mi
42064 Marion, KY 13.6 mi
62955 Karbers Ridge, IL 16.8 mi
42033 Crayne, KY 17.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42460?

42460 is in Sullivan, Kentucky, in Union County. Its published point location is 37.4940, -87.9328.

What county is 42460 in?

42460 lies in Union County.

What area code is 42460?

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

What time zone is 42460 in?

42460 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42460?

The closest are 42463 (3.8 mi), 42404 (5.3 mi), 42459 (6.9 mi), 42437 (10.8 mi) and 42450 (11.2 mi).

Is 42460 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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