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40988

ZIP 40988 is Stoney Fork, 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
519
Coordinates
36.8698, -83.5227
☼ Live from 40988 — Stoney Fork, KY

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Where 40988 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40988
  • 🔢 Type 40988 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,988 = 2 × 2 × 10247. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010000000011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40983 (Sextons Creek, KY, 35 mi away) and 40995 (Trosper, KY, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40988 becomes 88904, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04988, 09848, 09884, 48089, 48098, 48809, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09848 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,092 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯840 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40988 and you would come out at 36.87°S, 96.48°E — 1,154 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 23.6 square miles of land, 40988 is bigger than 41% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population519This ZIP519
Households179This ZIP179
Housing units201This ZIP201
Median age35.0This ZIP35.0Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$38,125This ZIP$38,125Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher13.7%This ZIP13.7%
Population density22.0 / sq miThis ZIP22.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed150This ZIP150
Total adjusted gross income$5,040,000This ZIP$5,040,000

Land area

Land area23.64 sq miThis ZIP23.64 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Counties 40988 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bell County 95.3%
Harlan County 4.7%

ZIP codes near 40988

ZIPCityDistance
40902 Arjay, KY 4.4 mi
40913 Beverly, KY 5.0 mi
40958 Kettle Island, KY 5.8 mi
40845 Hulen, KY 6.0 mi
40819 Coldiron, KY 6.5 mi
40840 Helton, KY 7.7 mi
40997 Walker, KY 7.9 mi
40873 Wallins Creek, KY 7.9 mi
40874 Warbranch, KY 8.7 mi
40824 Dayhoit, KY 8.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40988?

40988 is in Stoney Fork, Kentucky, in Bell County, part of the Middlesborough, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8698, -83.5227.

What county is 40988 in?

40988 spans 2 counties: Bell County and Harlan 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 40988?

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

What time zone is 40988 in?

40988 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40988?

About 519 people live in ZIP code 40988, in 179 households, at 22.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 40988?

$38,125 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40988?

The closest are 40902 (4.4 mi), 40913 (5 mi), 40958 (5.8 mi), 40845 (6 mi) and 40819 (6.5 mi).

Is 40988 a PO Box ZIP code?

40988 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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