ZIP code · Water Valley · Kentucky · United States
ZIP code 42085 — Water Valley
ZIP code 42085 serves Water Valley, Kentucky.
- Postal code
- 42085Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Water Valley
- County
- Graves FIPS 21083
- State
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 36.5694, -88.8084 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 918 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 32 / sq mi
- Land area
- 28.6 sq mi (74.1 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $55,662
- Per-capita income
- $20,505
- Median age
- 36.7
- Households
- 333
- Housing units
- 361
- Median home value
- $101,800
- Median gross rent
- $743 / month
- Congressional district
- KY-1 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7b (5 to 10 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago (UTC−6 / UTC−5 DST)
- Area code
- 270Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 42085
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 90°F), coldest Jan (avg low 27°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 46 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 79 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 83 | 72 | 60 | 49 |
| Avg low °F | 27 | 30 | 38 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: MARTIN U OF T BRANCH E (15.8 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 42085
- 1 restaurants & cafés
- 1 parks
- 1 playgrounds
- 1 post offices
- 8 places of worship
- 1 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page