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Where 40981 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 40981 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 40,981 = 107 × 383. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1010000000010101 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40979 (Roark, KY, 19 mi away) and 40982 (Scalf, KY, 26 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 40981 becomes 18904, which is not a ZIP code at all.
- 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01984, 04918, 04981, 09184, 09418, 09814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09814 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,735 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
- 🎯833 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40981 and you would come out at 37.28°S, 96.51°E — 1,157 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
- 📏 At 0.910 square miles of land, 40981 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 440 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
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Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 0 |
|---|---|
| Households | 0 |
| Housing units | 0 |
| Population density | 0.0 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 0.91 sq miThis ZIP0.91 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 40981
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
41721 | Buckhorn, KY | 3.3 mi |
41762 | Sizerock, KY | 4.9 mi |
41745 | Gays Creek, KY | 5.2 mi |
41749 | Hyden, KY | 5.2 mi |
40972 | Oneida, KY | 6.2 mi |
41351 | Mistletoe, KY | 6.8 mi |
41766 | Thousandsticks, KY | 7.1 mi |
41714 | Bear Branch, KY | 8.0 mi |
41754 | Krypton, KY | 8.8 mi |
41778 | Yerkes, KY | 9.0 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 40981?
40981 is in Saul, Kentucky, in Perry County. Its published point location is 37.2779, -83.4853.
What county is 40981 in?
40981 lies in Perry County.
What area code is 40981?
Saul uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 40981 in?
40981 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 40981?
About 0 people live in ZIP code 40981. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 40981?
The closest are 41721 (3.3 mi), 41762 (4.9 mi), 41745 (5.2 mi), 41749 (5.2 mi) and 40972 (6.2 mi).
Is 40981 a PO Box ZIP code?
40981 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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