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40476

ZIP 40476 is in Richmond, Kentucky, in Madison County; area code 859; Eastern time. Richmond has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 40475.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Madison
Metro area
Richmond-Berea, KY
Coordinates
37.7479, -84.2947

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 40475, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 40476 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 40476
  • 🔢 Type 40476 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLhOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,476 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3373. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40475 (Richmond, KY, 1 mi away) and 40481 (Sandgap, KY, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40476 becomes 67404, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04476, 04674, 04746, 04764, 06447, 06474, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04746 in Grand Isle, ME, 1,049 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯782 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40476 and you would come out at 37.75°S, 95.71°E — 1,208 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees693This ZIP693
Annual payroll$43,572,000This ZIP$43,572,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 40476

ZIPCityDistance
40475 Richmond, KY 1.1 mi
40385 Waco, KY 8.8 mi
40404 Berea, KY 12.1 mi
40403 Berea, KY 12.4 mi
40461 Paint Lick, KY 12.9 mi
40515 Lexington, KY 13.2 mi
40405 Bighill, KY 14.2 mi
40444 Lancaster, KY 16.5 mi
40356 Nicholasville, KY 17.1 mi
40336 Irvine, KY 17.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40476?

40476 is in Richmond, Kentucky, in Madison County, part of the Richmond-Berea, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.7479, -84.2947.

What county is 40476 in?

40476 lies in Madison County.

What area code is 40476?

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

What time zone is 40476 in?

40476 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 40476?

The closest are 40475 (1.1 mi), 40385 (8.8 mi), 40404 (12.1 mi), 40403 (12.4 mi) and 40461 (12.9 mi).

Is 40476 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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