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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/44242

44242

ZIP 44242 is in Kent, Ohio, in Portage County; area codes 330 and 234; Eastern time. Kent has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 44240 and 44243.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Portage
Metro area
Akron, OH
Coordinates
41.1537, -81.3579

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 44240, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 44242 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 44242
  • 🔢 Type 44242 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhZhh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 44,242 = 2 × 11 × 2011. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010110011010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 44241 (Streetsboro, OH, 6 mi away) and 44243 (Kent, OH, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 44242 becomes 24244 — and that is a real ZIP code: Duffield, VA, 317 miles away.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24244, 24442, 42442, 44224, 44422). The farthest-flung twin is 42442 in Nortonville, KY, 428 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯908 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 44242 and you would come out at 41.15°S, 98.64°E — 1,145 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees113This ZIP113
Annual payroll$3,440,000This ZIP$3,440,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 44242

ZIPCityDistance
44243 Kent, OH 1.0 mi
44240 Kent, OH 1.6 mi
44211 Brady Lake, OH 2.6 mi
44262 Munroe Falls, OH 4.2 mi
44224 Stow, OH 4.4 mi
44278 Tallmadge, OH 5.3 mi
44241 Streetsboro, OH 6.2 mi
44221 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 6.2 mi
44222 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 6.7 mi
44305 Akron, OH 7.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 44242?

44242 is in Kent, Ohio, in Portage County, part of the Akron, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1537, -81.3579.

What county is 44242 in?

44242 lies in Portage County.

What area code is 44242?

Kent uses area codes 330 and 234, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 44242 in?

44242 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 44242?

The closest are 44243 (1 mi), 44240 (1.6 mi), 44211 (2.6 mi), 44262 (4.2 mi) and 44224 (4.4 mi).

Is 44242 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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