ZIP codes in Knox County
20 ZIPs touch Knox County, Kentucky. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
20
ZIP codes
7
cross the county line
57,009
people in these ZIPs
120
counties in KY
Most people
Knox County ZIP list
More counties in Kentucky
- Jackson County7
- Jefferson County78
- Jessamine County6
- Johnson County20
- Kenton County17
- Knott County24
- Larue County9
- Laurel County13
- Lawrence County11
- Lee County8
- Leslie County23
- Letcher County26
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Knox County, Kentucky?
20 ZIP codes reach into Knox County, including 1 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 7 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Knox County has the most people?
40701 (Corbin) has about 30,526 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Knox County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Knox 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 Knox 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