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42558

ZIP 42558 is Tateville, Kentucky, in Pulaski County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pulaski
Metro area
Somerset, KY
Coordinates
36.9492, -84.5815

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 42519, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42558 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 42558
  • 🔢 Type 42558 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BSSZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,558 = 2 × 3 × 41 × 173. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010011000111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42553 (Science Hill, KY, 17 mi away) and 42564 (West Somerset, KY, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42558 becomes 85524, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24558, 24855, 25845, 25854, 28455, 28545, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85254 in Scottsdale, AZ, 1,555 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯783 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42558 and you would come out at 36.95°S, 95.42°E — 1,212 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 42558

ZIPCityDistance
42519 Burnside, KY 2.6 mi
42518 Bronston, KY 4.4 mi
42533 Ferguson, KY 8.5 mi
42634 Parkers Lake, KY 9.6 mi
42502 Somerset, KY 9.9 mi
42501 Somerset, KY 10.3 mi
42564 West Somerset, KY 11.2 mi
42653 Whitley City, KY 13.5 mi
42544 Nancy, KY 14.0 mi
42503 Somerset, KY 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42558?

42558 is in Tateville, Kentucky, in Pulaski County, part of the Somerset, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9492, -84.5815.

What county is 42558 in?

42558 lies in Pulaski County.

What area code is 42558?

Tateville uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 42558 in?

42558 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 42558?

The closest are 42519 (2.6 mi), 42518 (4.4 mi), 42533 (8.5 mi), 42634 (9.6 mi) and 42502 (9.9 mi).

Is 42558 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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