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40730

ZIP 40730 is Emlyn, Kentucky, in Whitley County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Whitley
Metro area
Corbin, KY
Coordinates
36.7039, -84.1415

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 40769, 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 40730
  • 🔢 Type 40730 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OELOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,730 = 2 × 5 × 4073. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111100011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40729 (East Bernstadt, KY, 38 mi away) and 40734 (Gray, KY, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40730 becomes 03704, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00734, 03047, 03470, 03740, 04037, 04073, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34007 in APO AA, a military post office, 1,940 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯811 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40730 and you would come out at 36.70°S, 95.86°E — 1,185 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 40730

ZIPCityDistance
40769 Williamsburg, KY 2.7 mi
40759 Rockholds, KY 8.9 mi
37762 Jellico, TN 8.9 mi
37819 Newcomb, TN 10.0 mi
40763 Siler, KY 12.0 mi
40771 Woodbine, KY 12.4 mi
37730 Eagan, TN 13.2 mi
40940 Frakes, KY 13.2 mi
37729 Duff, TN 14.4 mi
37715 Clairfield, TN 14.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40730?

40730 is in Emlyn, Kentucky, in Whitley County, part of the Corbin, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.7039, -84.1415.

What county is 40730 in?

40730 lies in Whitley County.

What area code is 40730?

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

What time zone is 40730 in?

40730 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 40730?

The closest are 40769 (2.7 mi), 40759 (8.9 mi), 37762 (8.9 mi), 37819 (10 mi) and 40763 (12 mi).

Is 40730 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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