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40939

ZIP 40939 is Fourmile, Kentucky, mostly in Bell County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bell +1 more
Metro area
Middlesborough, KY
Population
165
Coordinates
36.8104, -83.7207
☼ Live from 40939 — Fourmile, KY

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Where 40939 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40939
  • 🔢 Type 40939 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GEGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 40939 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: 1001111111101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40935 (Flat Lick, KY, 10 mi away) and 40940 (Frakes, KY, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40939 becomes 93904, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04939, 30499, 34990, 39094, 43909, 49039, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94930 in Fairfax, CA, 2,121 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯831 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40939 and you would come out at 36.81°S, 96.28°E — 1,164 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 6.3 square miles of land, 40939 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population165This ZIP165
Households36This ZIP36
Housing units59This ZIP59
Median age18.0This ZIP18.0Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher56.1%This ZIP56.1%
Population density26.1 / sq miThis ZIP26.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees94This ZIP94
Annual payroll$6,702,000This ZIP$6,702,000
Tax returns filed170This ZIP170
Total adjusted gross income$6,069,000This ZIP$6,069,000

Land area

Land area6.33 sq miThis ZIP6.33 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 40939 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bell County 99.2%
Knox County 0.8%

ZIP codes near 40939

ZIPCityDistance
40955 Ingram, KY 2.9 mi
40903 Artemus, KY 4.5 mi
40930 Dewitt, KY 4.7 mi
40977 Pineville, KY 6.0 mi
40997 Walker, KY 6.7 mi
40958 Kettle Island, KY 6.8 mi
40995 Trosper, KY 6.9 mi
40902 Arjay, KY 7.4 mi
40915 Bimble, KY 7.5 mi
40982 Scalf, KY 8.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40939?

40939 is in Fourmile, Kentucky, in Bell County, part of the Middlesborough, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8104, -83.7207.

What county is 40939 in?

40939 spans 2 counties: Bell County and Knox County. Most of it falls in Bell 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 40939?

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

What time zone is 40939 in?

40939 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40939?

About 165 people live in ZIP code 40939, in 36 households, at 26.1 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 40939?

The closest are 40955 (2.9 mi), 40903 (4.5 mi), 40930 (4.7 mi), 40977 (6 mi) and 40997 (6.7 mi).

Is 40939 a PO Box ZIP code?

40939 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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