40946
ZIP 40946 is Green Road, Kentucky, in Knox County; area code 606; Eastern time.
- Type
- Standard
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- County
- Knox
- Metro area
- Corbin, KY
- Population
- 28
- Coordinates
- 36.9576, -83.8246
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Where 40946 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 40946 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 40,946 = 2 × 59 × 347. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1001111111110010 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40944 (Goose Rock, KY, 12 mi away) and 40949 (Heidrick, KY, 5 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 40946 becomes 64904, which is not a ZIP code at all.
- 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04469, 04496, 04649, 04694, 04964, 06494, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96440 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,525 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
- 🎯822 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40946 and you would come out at 36.96°S, 96.18°E — 1,171 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
- 📏 At 1.6 square miles of land, 40946 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.2 Central Parks.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 28This ZIP28 |
|---|---|
| Households | 9This ZIP9 |
| Housing units | 25This ZIP25 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 0.0% |
| Population density | 17.4 / sq miThis ZIP17.4 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 1.61 sq miThis ZIP1.61 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 40946
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
40943 | Girdler, KY | 1.3 mi |
40953 | Hinkle, KY | 1.9 mi |
40923 | Cannon, KY | 2.9 mi |
40935 | Flat Lick, KY | 4.0 mi |
40949 | Heidrick, KY | 4.6 mi |
40915 | Bimble, KY | 4.7 mi |
40906 | Barbourville, KY | 5.5 mi |
40930 | Dewitt, KY | 7.4 mi |
40982 | Scalf, KY | 7.8 mi |
40734 | Gray, KY | 8.5 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 40946?
40946 is in Green Road, Kentucky, in Knox County, part of the Corbin, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9576, -83.8246.
What county is 40946 in?
40946 lies in Knox County.
What area code is 40946?
Green Road uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 40946 in?
40946 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 40946?
About 28 people live in ZIP code 40946, in 9 households, at 17.4 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 40946?
The closest are 40943 (1.3 mi), 40953 (1.9 mi), 40923 (2.9 mi), 40935 (4 mi) and 40949 (4.6 mi).
Is 40946 a PO Box ZIP code?
40946 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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