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68542

ZIP 68542 is in Lincoln, Nebraska, in Lancaster County; area codes 402 and 531; Central time. Lincoln has 29 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lancaster
Metro area
Lincoln, NE
Coordinates
40.7845, -96.6888

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 68502, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 68542
  • 🔢 Type 68542 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhSBg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 68,542 = 2 × 43 × 797. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000101110111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 68532 (Lincoln, NE, 8 mi away) and 68544 (Lincoln, NE, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 68542 becomes 24586 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ringgold, VA, 980 miles away.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24586, 24658, 25846, 25864, 26845, 28456, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28564 in New Bern, NC, 1,136 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 73%.
  • 🎯120 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 68542 and you would come out at 40.78°S, 83.31°E — 869 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees103This ZIP103
Annual payroll$6,598,000This ZIP$6,598,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 68542

ZIPCityDistance
68509 Lincoln, NE 0.0 mi
68544 Lincoln, NE 0.0 mi
68583 Lincoln, NE 0.0 mi
68502 Lincoln, NE 0.6 mi
68508 Lincoln, NE 2.5 mi
68506 Lincoln, NE 2.6 mi
68510 Lincoln, NE 2.6 mi
68588 Lincoln, NE 2.8 mi
68503 Lincoln, NE 2.9 mi
68512 Lincoln, NE 3.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 68542?

68542 is in Lincoln, Nebraska, in Lancaster County, part of the Lincoln, NE metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7845, -96.6888.

What county is 68542 in?

68542 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 68542?

Lincoln uses area codes 402 and 531, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 68542 in?

68542 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 68542?

The closest are 68509 (0 mi), 68544 (0 mi), 68583 (0 mi), 68502 (0.6 mi) and 68508 (2.5 mi).

Is 68542 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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