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Where 41778 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 41778 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLLIh — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 41,778 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 211. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1010001100110010 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 41777 (Yeaddiss, KY, 16 mi away) and 41804 (Blackey, KY, 19 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 41778 becomes 87714 — and that is a real ZIP code: Cimarron, NM, 1,200 miles away.
- 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14778, 14787, 14877, 17748, 17847, 47871, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84771 in Saint George, UT, 1,659 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
- 🎯842 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 41778 and you would come out at 37.27°S, 96.68°E — 1,149 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
- 📏 At 2.4 square miles of land, 41778 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing
| Population | 40This ZIP40 |
|---|---|
| Households | 8This ZIP8 |
| Housing units | 8This ZIP8 |
| Median age | 12.6This ZIP12.6Kentucky39.1US 38.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 100.0%This ZIP100.0% |
| Population density | 16.7 / sq miThis ZIP16.7 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 2.39 sq miThis ZIP2.39 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 41778
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
41723 | Busy, KY | 0.9 mi |
41754 | Krypton, KY | 2.7 mi |
41713 | Avawam, KY | 3.6 mi |
41719 | Bonnyman, KY | 4.6 mi |
41776 | Wooton, KY | 5.6 mi |
41729 | Combs, KY | 5.9 mi |
41749 | Hyden, KY | 6.8 mi |
41702 | Hazard, KY | 7.2 mi |
41701 | Hazard, KY | 7.9 mi |
41745 | Gays Creek, KY | 7.9 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 41778?
41778 is in Yerkes, Kentucky, in Perry County. Its published point location is 37.2661, -83.3223.
What county is 41778 in?
41778 lies in Perry County.
What area code is 41778?
Yerkes uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 41778 in?
41778 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 41778?
About 40 people live in ZIP code 41778, in 8 households, at 16.7 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 41778?
The closest are 41723 (0.9 mi), 41754 (2.7 mi), 41713 (3.6 mi), 41719 (4.6 mi) and 41776 (5.6 mi).
Is 41778 a PO Box ZIP code?
41778 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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