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40492

ZIP 40492 is Wildie, Kentucky, in Rockcastle County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockcastle
Metro area
Richmond-Berea, KY
Coordinates
37.4234, -84.3022

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 40456, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 40492
  • 🔢 Type 40492 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZGhOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,492 = 2 × 2 × 53 × 191. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40489 (Waynesburg, KY, 20 mi away) and 40502 (Lexington, KY, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40492 becomes 29404 — and that is a real ZIP code: Charleston Afb, SC, 394 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02494, 04294, 04429, 04492, 04924, 04942, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09244 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,476 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯787 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40492 and you would come out at 37.42°S, 95.70°E — 1,203 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 40492

ZIPCityDistance
40473 Renfro Valley, KY 2.9 mi
40460 Orlando, KY 3.7 mi
40456 Mount Vernon, KY 4.9 mi
40409 Brodhead, KY 8.2 mi
40445 Livingston, KY 8.6 mi
40419 Crab Orchard, KY 10.4 mi
40404 Berea, KY 10.4 mi
40403 Berea, KY 10.4 mi
40405 Bighill, KY 10.4 mi
40481 Sandgap, KY 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40492?

40492 is in Wildie, Kentucky, in Rockcastle County, part of the Richmond-Berea, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.4234, -84.3022.

What county is 40492 in?

40492 lies in Rockcastle County.

What area code is 40492?

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

What time zone is 40492 in?

40492 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 40492?

The closest are 40473 (2.9 mi), 40460 (3.7 mi), 40456 (4.9 mi), 40409 (8.2 mi) and 40445 (8.6 mi).

Is 40492 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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