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40270

ZIP 40270 is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County; area code 502; Eastern time. Louisville has 66 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Kentucky/Louisville
County
Jefferson
Coordinates
38.2542, -85.7594

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 40202, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 40270 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 40270
  • 🔢 Type 40270 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLZOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,270 = 2 × 5 × 4027. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110101001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40269 (Louisville, KY, 6 mi away) and 40272 (Louisville, KY, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40270 becomes 07204 — and that is a real ZIP code: Roselle Park, NJ, 635 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00742, 02047, 02740, 04027, 04072, 04270, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00742 in Roosevelt Roads, PR, 1,839 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯696 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40270 and you would come out at 38.25°S, 94.24°E — 1,294 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees107This ZIP107
Annual payroll$4,390,000This ZIP$4,390,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 40270

ZIPCityDistance
40259 Louisville, KY 0.0 mi
40289 Louisville, KY 0.0 mi
40293 Louisville, KY 0.0 mi
40294 Louisville, KY 0.0 mi
40295 Louisville, KY 0.0 mi
40296 Louisville, KY 0.0 mi
40297 Louisville, KY 0.0 mi
40298 Louisville, KY 0.0 mi
40203 Louisville, KY 0.3 mi
40202 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40270?

40270 is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.2542, -85.7594.

What county is 40270 in?

40270 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 40270?

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

What time zone is 40270 in?

40270 uses America/Kentucky/Louisville.

What ZIP codes are near 40270?

The closest are 40259 (0 mi), 40289 (0 mi), 40293 (0 mi), 40294 (0 mi) and 40295 (0 mi).

Is 40270 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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