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40944

ZIP 40944 is Goose Rock, Kentucky, in Clay County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Clay
Metro area
Corbin, KY
Coordinates
37.0904, -83.6944

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 40962, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 40944 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 40944
  • 🔢 Type 40944 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,944 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 853. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111111110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40943 (Girdler, KY, 13 mi away) and 40946 (Green Road, KY, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40944 becomes 44904 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mansfield, OH, 254 miles away.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04449, 04944, 44049, 44094, 44490, 44904, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94044 in Pacifica, CA, 2,115 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯826 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40944 and you would come out at 37.09°S, 96.31°E — 1,166 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 40944

ZIPCityDistance
40941 Garrard, KY 3.9 mi
40951 Hima, KY 5.1 mi
40962 Manchester, KY 5.2 mi
40914 Big Creek, KY 6.7 mi
40935 Flat Lick, KY 9.7 mi
40724 Bush, KY 9.7 mi
40932 Fall Rock, KY 10.3 mi
40827 Essie, KY 10.7 mi
40982 Scalf, KY 10.9 mi
41714 Bear Branch, KY 11.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40944?

40944 is in Goose Rock, Kentucky, in Clay County, part of the Corbin, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0904, -83.6944.

What county is 40944 in?

40944 lies in Clay County.

What area code is 40944?

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

What time zone is 40944 in?

40944 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 40944?

The closest are 40941 (3.9 mi), 40951 (5.1 mi), 40962 (5.2 mi), 40914 (6.7 mi) and 40935 (9.7 mi).

Is 40944 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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