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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/41520

41520

ZIP 41520 is Dorton, Kentucky, in Pike County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pike
Metro area
Pikeville, KY
Coordinates
37.2790, -82.5773

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 41537, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 41520 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 41520
  • 🔢 Type 41520 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZSIh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 41,520 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 173. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010001000110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 41519 (Canada, KY, 25 mi away) and 41522 (Elkhorn City, KY, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 41520 becomes 02514, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 73 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01245, 01254, 01452, 01524, 01542, 02145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51240 in Inwood, IA, 840 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯881 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 41520 and you would come out at 37.28°S, 97.42°E — 1,109 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees37This ZIP37
Annual payroll$1,098,000This ZIP$1,098,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 41520

ZIPCityDistance
41549 Myra, KY 1.4 mi
41538 Jonancy, KY 1.8 mi
41572 Virgie, KY 4.4 mi
41563 Shelby Gap, KY 4.4 mi
41537 Jenkins, KY 4.4 mi
41534 Hellier, KY 4.4 mi
41512 Ashcamp, KY 5.8 mi
41517 Burdine, KY 6.3 mi
41835 Mc Roberts, KY 6.4 mi
41542 Lookout, KY 6.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 41520?

41520 is in Dorton, Kentucky, in Pike County, part of the Pikeville, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2790, -82.5773.

What county is 41520 in?

41520 lies in Pike County.

What area code is 41520?

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

What time zone is 41520 in?

41520 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 41520?

The closest are 41549 (1.4 mi), 41538 (1.8 mi), 41572 (4.4 mi), 41563 (4.4 mi) and 41537 (4.4 mi).

Is 41520 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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