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40340

ZIP 40340 is in Nicholasville, Kentucky, in Jessamine County; area code 859; Eastern time. Nicholasville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 40356.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Jessamine
Coordinates
37.8662, -84.5795

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 40356, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 40340 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 40340
  • 🔢 Type 40340 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhEOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,340 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 2017. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110110010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40339 (Keene, KY, 6 mi away) and 40342 (Lawrenceburg, KY, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40340 becomes 04304, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03044, 03440, 04034, 04043, 04430, 30044, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34004 in APO AA, a military post office, 2,017 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯765 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40340 and you would come out at 37.87°S, 95.42°E — 1,225 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 establishments8This ZIP8
Employees39This ZIP39
Annual payroll$2,886,000This ZIP$2,886,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 40340

ZIPCityDistance
40356 Nicholasville, KY 0.9 mi
40390 Wilmore, KY 5.3 mi
40339 Keene, KY 6.3 mi
40514 Lexington, KY 8.1 mi
40517 Lexington, KY 9.4 mi
40515 Lexington, KY 9.7 mi
40503 Lexington, KY 10.0 mi
40513 Lexington, KY 10.5 mi
40410 Bryantsville, KY 11.1 mi
40502 Lexington, KY 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40340?

40340 is in Nicholasville, Kentucky, in Jessamine County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.8662, -84.5795.

What county is 40340 in?

40340 lies in Jessamine County.

What area code is 40340?

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

What time zone is 40340 in?

40340 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 40340?

The closest are 40356 (0.9 mi), 40390 (5.3 mi), 40339 (6.3 mi), 40514 (8.1 mi) and 40517 (9.4 mi).

Is 40340 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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