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40362

ZIP 40362 is in Paris, Kentucky, in Bourbon County; area code 859; Eastern time. Paris has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 40361.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bourbon
Coordinates
38.2098, -84.2530

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 40361, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 40362 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 40362
  • 🔢 Type 40362 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgEOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,362 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 31 × 31. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110110101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40361 (Paris, KY, 2 mi away) and 40363 (Perry Park, KY, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40362 becomes 26304, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02346, 02364, 02634, 02643, 03246, 03264, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04623 in Columbia Falls, ME, 964 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯776 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40362 and you would come out at 38.21°S, 95.75°E — 1,214 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 establishments9This ZIP9
Employees59This ZIP59
Annual payroll$1,557,000This ZIP$1,557,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 40362

ZIPCityDistance
40361 Paris, KY 2.4 mi
40348 Millersburg, KY 8.7 mi
40357 North Middletown, KY 9.0 mi
40516 Lexington, KY 11.3 mi
40511 Lexington, KY 12.3 mi
41031 Cynthiana, KY 14.3 mi
40505 Lexington, KY 15.1 mi
40392 Winchester, KY 15.7 mi
40509 Lexington, KY 16.2 mi
40311 Carlisle, KY 16.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40362?

40362 is in Paris, Kentucky, in Bourbon County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.2098, -84.2530.

What county is 40362 in?

40362 lies in Bourbon County.

What area code is 40362?

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

What time zone is 40362 in?

40362 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 40362?

The closest are 40361 (2.4 mi), 40348 (8.7 mi), 40357 (9 mi), 40516 (11.3 mi) and 40511 (12.3 mi).

Is 40362 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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