Weather right now
Asking the National Weather Service…
Where 40979 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 40979 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 40,979 = 43 × 953. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1010000000010011 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40977 (Pineville, KY, 24 mi away) and 40981 (Saul, KY, 19 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 40979 becomes 97904 — and that is a real ZIP code: Drewsey, OR, 1,885 miles away.
- 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04979, 09497, 09749, 40997, 47909, 47990, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09749 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,126 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
- 🎯838 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40979 and you would come out at 37.01°S, 96.51°E — 1,154 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
- 📏 At 5.9 square miles of land, 40979 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.5 Central Parks.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 0 |
|---|---|
| Households | 0 |
| Housing units | 0 |
| Population density | 0.0 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 5.93 sq miThis ZIP5.93 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 40979
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
40874 | Warbranch, KY | 1.8 mi |
40827 | Essie, KY | 2.2 mi |
40803 | Asher, KY | 4.6 mi |
40858 | Mozelle, KY | 4.6 mi |
40840 | Helton, KY | 6.1 mi |
40913 | Beverly, KY | 6.2 mi |
40868 | Stinnett, KY | 6.9 mi |
40816 | Chappell, KY | 6.9 mi |
40914 | Big Creek, KY | 7.2 mi |
40844 | Hoskinston, KY | 9.0 mi |
Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 40979 →
Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 40979?
40979 is in Roark, Kentucky, in Leslie County. Its published point location is 37.0094, -83.4931.
What county is 40979 in?
40979 lies in Leslie County.
What area code is 40979?
Roark uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 40979 in?
40979 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 40979?
About 0 people live in ZIP code 40979. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 40979?
The closest are 40874 (1.8 mi), 40827 (2.2 mi), 40803 (4.6 mi), 40858 (4.6 mi) and 40840 (6.1 mi).
Is 40979 a PO Box ZIP code?
40979 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
Download or cite
Cite this page
zipcodes.pro. “40979 ZIP Code — Roark, Kentucky (Leslie County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/40979
Machine-readable version of these facts:
curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/40979.jsonUnderlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.