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40048

ZIP 40048 is Nazareth, Kentucky, in Nelson County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nelson
Coordinates
37.8472, -85.4694

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 40004, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 40048 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 40048
  • 🔢 Type 40048 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhOOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,048 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2503. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110001110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40047 (Mount Washington, KY, 14 mi away) and 40049 (Nerinx, KY, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40048 becomes 84004 — and that is a real ZIP code: Alpine, UT, 1,413 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04048, 04084, 04408, 08404, 40840, 44080, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84040 in Layton, UT, 1,422 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯718 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40048 and you would come out at 37.85°S, 94.53°E — 1,272 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees191This ZIP191
Annual payroll$8,259,000This ZIP$8,259,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 40048

ZIPCityDistance
40004 Bardstown, KY 3.1 mi
40013 Coxs Creek, KY 6.6 mi
40020 Fairfield, KY 7.5 mi
40107 Boston, KY 11.0 mi
40008 Bloomfield, KY 11.4 mi
40150 Lebanon Junction, KY 11.5 mi
40110 Clermont, KY 11.8 mi
40037 Loretto, KY 13.2 mi
40049 Nerinx, KY 13.3 mi
40047 Mount Washington, KY 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40048?

40048 is in Nazareth, Kentucky, in Nelson County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.8472, -85.4694.

What county is 40048 in?

40048 lies in Nelson County.

What area code is 40048?

Nazareth uses area code 502, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 40048 in?

40048 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 40048?

The closest are 40004 (3.1 mi), 40013 (6.6 mi), 40020 (7.5 mi), 40107 (11 mi) and 40008 (11.4 mi).

Is 40048 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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