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40317

ZIP 40317 is Elliottville, Kentucky, in Rowan County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rowan
Metro area
none
Coordinates
38.1765, -83.2682

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 40351, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 40317 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 40317
  • 🔢 Type 40317 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIEOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,317 = 3 × 89 × 151. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110101111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40316 (Denniston, KY, 22 mi away) and 40319 (Farmers, KY, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40317 becomes 71304, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01347, 01473, 03741, 10473, 13074, 13407, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73041 in Gotebo, OK, 891 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯829 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40317 and you would come out at 38.18°S, 96.73°E — 1,161 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 40317

ZIPCityDistance
41173 Soldier, KY 6.0 mi
40313 Clearfield, KY 7.8 mi
40351 Morehead, KY 8.9 mi
41164 Olive Hill, KY 9.8 mi
41171 Sandy Hook, KY 10.3 mi
41149 Isonville, KY 11.7 mi
41142 Grahn, KY 12.7 mi
41135 Emerson, KY 12.9 mi
41421 Elkfork, KY 13.4 mi
40319 Farmers, KY 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40317?

40317 is in Elliottville, Kentucky, in Rowan County. Its published point location is 38.1765, -83.2682.

What county is 40317 in?

40317 lies in Rowan County.

What area code is 40317?

Elliottville uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 40317 in?

40317 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 40317?

The closest are 41173 (6 mi), 40313 (7.8 mi), 40351 (8.9 mi), 41164 (9.8 mi) and 41171 (10.3 mi).

Is 40317 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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