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Where 40849 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 40849 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhBOh — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ 40849 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1001111110010001 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40847 (Kenvir, KY, 3 mi away) and 40854 (Loyall, KY, 13 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 40849 becomes 94804 — and that is a real ZIP code: Richmond, CA, 2,137 miles away.
- 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04489, 04849, 04984, 09448, 09844, 40489, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09844 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,328 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
- 🎯860 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40849 and you would come out at 36.90°S, 96.86°E — 1,133 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
- 📏 At 0.088 square miles of land, 40849 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 43 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
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Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 34This ZIP34 |
|---|---|
| Households | 19This ZIP19 |
| Housing units | 19This ZIP19 |
| Median age | 79.9This ZIP79.9Kentucky39.1US 38.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 0.0% |
| Population density | 386.4 / sq miThis ZIP386.4 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 40849
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
40828 | Evarts, KY | 2.1 mi |
40870 | Totz, KY | 3.1 mi |
40847 | Kenvir, KY | 3.5 mi |
40865 | Putney, KY | 4.4 mi |
41819 | Gordon, KY | 6.3 mi |
40927 | Closplint, KY | 6.8 mi |
40820 | Cranks, KY | 7.1 mi |
24282 | Saint Charles, VA | 7.2 mi |
40801 | Ages Brookside, KY | 7.2 mi |
40818 | Coalgood, KY | 8.0 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 40849?
40849 is in Lejunior, Kentucky, in Harlan County. Its published point location is 36.8994, -83.1355.
What county is 40849 in?
40849 lies in Harlan County.
What area code is 40849?
Lejunior uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 40849 in?
40849 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 40849?
About 34 people live in ZIP code 40849, in 19 households, at 386.4 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 40849?
The closest are 40828 (2.1 mi), 40870 (3.1 mi), 40847 (3.5 mi), 40865 (4.4 mi) and 41819 (6.3 mi).
Is 40849 a PO Box ZIP code?
40849 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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