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40061

ZIP 40061 is Saint Catharine, Kentucky, in Washington County; area code 859; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Washington
Metro area
none
Population
168
Coordinates
37.7097, -85.2641
☼ Live from 40061 — Saint Catharine, KY

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Where 40061 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40061
  • 🔢 Type 40061 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgOOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,061 = 7 × 59 × 97. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110001111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40060 (Raywick, KY, 16 mi away) and 40062 (Saint Francis, KY, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40061 becomes 16004, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00614, 00641, 01460, 01604, 04016, 04061, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00641 in Utuado, PR, 1,750 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯731 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40061 and you would come out at 37.71°S, 94.74°E — 1,259 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
  • 📏 At 0.123 square miles of land, 40061 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 60 football fields.
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People and housing

Population168This ZIP168
Households0
Housing units0
Median age54.6This ZIP54.6Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher22.0%This ZIP22.0%
Population density1,365.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,365.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees464This ZIP464
Annual payroll$16,914,000This ZIP$16,914,000

Land area

Land area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 40061

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 40061

ZIPCityDistance
40069 Springfield, KY 3.2 mi
40049 Nerinx, KY 7.8 mi
40037 Loretto, KY 9.0 mi
40078 Willisburg, KY 10.6 mi
40063 Saint Mary, KY 10.6 mi
40040 Mackville, KY 11.6 mi
40033 Lebanon, KY 11.6 mi
40062 Saint Francis, KY 12.0 mi
40004 Bardstown, KY 12.9 mi
40008 Bloomfield, KY 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40061?

40061 is in Saint Catharine, Kentucky, in Washington County. Its published point location is 37.7097, -85.2641.

What county is 40061 in?

40061 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 40061?

Saint Catharine uses area code 859, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 40061 in?

40061 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40061?

About 168 people live in ZIP code 40061, at 1,365.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 40061?

The closest are 40069 (3.2 mi), 40049 (7.8 mi), 40037 (9 mi), 40078 (10.6 mi) and 40063 (10.6 mi).

Is 40061 a PO Box ZIP code?

40061 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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