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40442

ZIP 40442 is Kings Mountain, Kentucky, mostly in Lincoln County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lincoln +1 more
Metro area
Danville, KY
Population
781
Coordinates
37.3389, -84.7413
☼ Live from 40442 — Kings Mountain, KY

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Where 40442 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40442
  • 🔢 Type 40442 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhhOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,442 = 2 × 73 × 277. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40440 (Junction City, KY, 17 mi away) and 40444 (Lancaster, KY, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40442 becomes 24404, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04424, 04442, 20444, 24440, 42044, 42404, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04424 in Danforth, ME, 1,043 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯766 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40442 and you would come out at 37.34°S, 95.26°E — 1,226 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
  • 📏 At 26.7 square miles of land, 40442 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population781This ZIP781
Households357This ZIP357
Housing units491This ZIP491
Median age46.1This ZIP46.1Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median home value$105,900This ZIP$105,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher14.8%This ZIP14.8%
Mean commute39.0 minThis ZIP39.0 min
Population density29.3 / sq miThis ZIP29.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees21This ZIP21
Annual payroll$405,000This ZIP$405,000
Tax returns filed430This ZIP430
Total adjusted gross income$19,434,000This ZIP$19,434,000

Land area

Land area26.69 sq miThis ZIP26.69 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Counties 40442 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lincoln County 53.8%
Casey County 46.2%

ZIP codes near 40442

ZIPCityDistance
42541 Middleburg, KY 4.2 mi
42566 Yosemite, KY 4.8 mi
40489 Waynesburg, KY 5.2 mi
40448 Mc Kinney, KY 8.2 mi
42516 Bethelridge, KY 8.4 mi
42567 Eubank, KY 9.0 mi
40437 Hustonville, KY 9.9 mi
42553 Science Hill, KY 11.2 mi
42539 Liberty, KY 11.7 mi
40484 Stanford, KY 13.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40442?

40442 is in Kings Mountain, Kentucky, in Lincoln County, part of the Danville, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3389, -84.7413.

What county is 40442 in?

40442 spans 2 counties: Lincoln County and Casey County. Most of it falls in Lincoln County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 40442?

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

What time zone is 40442 in?

40442 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40442?

About 781 people live in ZIP code 40442, in 357 households, at 29.3 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 40442?

The closest are 42541 (4.2 mi), 42566 (4.8 mi), 40489 (5.2 mi), 40448 (8.2 mi) and 42516 (8.4 mi).

Is 40442 a PO Box ZIP code?

40442 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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