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42564

ZIP 42564 is West Somerset, 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
37.1114, -84.5929

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 42503, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42564 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 42564
  • 🔢 Type 42564 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hgSZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,564 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3547. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010011001000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42558 (Tateville, KY, 11 mi away) and 42565 (Windsor, KY, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42564 becomes 46524 — and that is a real ZIP code: Etna Green, IN, 300 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24465, 25446, 25644, 26544, 42456, 44256, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56442 in Crosslake, MN, 821 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯779 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42564 and you would come out at 37.11°S, 95.41°E — 1,215 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees8This ZIP8
Annual payroll$413,000This ZIP$413,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 42564

ZIPCityDistance
42502 Somerset, KY 1.5 mi
42533 Ferguson, KY 2.7 mi
42503 Somerset, KY 5.2 mi
42553 Science Hill, KY 7.5 mi
42501 Somerset, KY 8.7 mi
42567 Eubank, KY 10.7 mi
42558 Tateville, KY 11.2 mi
42519 Burnside, KY 11.2 mi
42516 Bethelridge, KY 13.0 mi
42544 Nancy, KY 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42564?

42564 is in West Somerset, Kentucky, in Pulaski County, part of the Somerset, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1114, -84.5929.

What county is 42564 in?

42564 lies in Pulaski County.

What area code is 42564?

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

What time zone is 42564 in?

42564 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 42564?

The closest are 42502 (1.5 mi), 42533 (2.7 mi), 42503 (5.2 mi), 42553 (7.5 mi) and 42501 (8.7 mi).

Is 42564 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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