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Where 42638 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 42638 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEgZh — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 42,638 = 2 × 21319. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1010011010001110 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42635 (Pine Knot, KY, 4 mi away) and 42642 (Russell Springs, KY, 41 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 42638 becomes 83624 — and that is a real ZIP code: Grand View, ID, 1,725 miles away.
- 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23486, 23846, 24368, 24836, 26348, 26384, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83642 in Meridian, ID, 1,741 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
- 🎯795 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42638 and you would come out at 36.67°S, 95.53°E — 1,203 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
- 📏 At 1.1 square miles of land, 42638 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 550 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 235This ZIP235 |
|---|---|
| Households | 74This ZIP74 |
| Housing units | 74This ZIP74 |
| Median age | 57.3This ZIP57.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9 |
| Median household income | $11,595This ZIP$11,595Kentucky$63,726US $80,734 |
| Median home value | $27,800This ZIP$27,800Kentucky$205,600US $332,700 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 0.0% |
| Population density | 206.9 / sq miThis ZIP206.9 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 1.14 sq miThis ZIP1.14 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi |
Other place names in 42638
Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.
ZIP codes near 42638
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
42635 | Pine Knot, KY | 3.7 mi |
42649 | Strunk, KY | 4.5 mi |
42631 | Marshes Siding, KY | 4.6 mi |
42653 | Whitley City, KY | 7.5 mi |
42647 | Stearns, KY | 8.7 mi |
37892 | Winfield, TN | 10.3 mi |
37841 | Oneida, TN | 12.2 mi |
42634 | Parkers Lake, KY | 15.3 mi |
40769 | Williamsburg, KY | 15.7 mi |
37819 | Newcomb, TN | 16.4 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 42638?
42638 is in Revelo, Kentucky, in McCreary County. Its published point location is 36.6744, -84.4699.
What county is 42638 in?
42638 lies in McCreary County.
What area code is 42638?
Revelo uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 42638 in?
42638 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 42638?
About 235 people live in ZIP code 42638, in 74 households, at 206.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What is the median household income in 42638?
$11,595 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.
What ZIP codes are near 42638?
The closest are 42635 (3.7 mi), 42649 (4.5 mi), 42631 (4.6 mi), 42653 (7.5 mi) and 42647 (8.7 mi).
Is 42638 a PO Box ZIP code?
42638 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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