ZIP codes in Harlan County
27 ZIPs touch Harlan County, Kentucky. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
27
ZIP codes
4
cross the county line
26,341
people in these ZIPs
120
counties in KY
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Harlan County ZIP list
More counties in Kentucky
- Graves County20
- Grayson County10
- Green County8
- Greenup County11
- Hancock County6
- Hardin County20
- Harrison County6
- Hart County10
- Henderson County10
- Henry County13
- Hickman County7
- Hopkins County13
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Harlan County, Kentucky?
27 ZIP codes reach into Harlan County. 4 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Harlan County has the most people?
40831 (Harlan) has about 4,789 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Harlan County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Harlan County and another county?
Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Harlan County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.
Where does this list come from?
ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.
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Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from