ZIP Code 42701

42701 is one of Kentucky's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Elizabethtown, Hardin County.

City: Elizabethtown
County: Hardin County
State: Kentucky
Prefix: 427xx

Where this code sits

42701 is part of the 427xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Elizabethtown is served by 2 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Elizabethtown page.

Elizabethtown Kentucky ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 42701 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

ZIP codes nearest 42701

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 42701.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 42702	1.2 mi	Elizabethtown, KY
ZIP code 42740	5.7 mi	Glendale, KY
ZIP code 40159	6.0 mi	Radcliff, KY
ZIP code 40162	7.9 mi	Rineyville, KY
ZIP code 42724	9.7 mi	Cecilia, KY
ZIP code 40160	10 mi	Radcliff, KY
ZIP code 42748	11 mi	Hodgenville, KY
ZIP code 42776	12 mi	Sonora, KY

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 42701, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 42701. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.