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ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
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Largest ZIP Codes in Michigan by Land Area

What this measures. Land area of the Census tabulation area, in square miles. Water is excluded. Source: Census Gazetteer, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Land area
1 49868 Newberry Luce 706.51 sq mi
2 49854 Manistique Schoolcraft 473.92 sq mi
3 49953 Ontonagon Ontonagon 464.91 sq mi
4 49935 Iron River Iron 456.98 sq mi
5 49878 Rapid River Delta 455.63 sq mi
6 49920 Crystal Falls Iron 401.89 sq mi
7 49947 Marenisco Gogebic 388.38 sq mi
8 49967 Trout Creek Houghton 348.30 sq mi
9 48624 Gladwin Gladwin 341.16 sq mi
10 49738 Grayling Crawford 332.64 sq mi
11 49883 Seney Schoolcraft 297.80 sq mi
12 49780 Rudyard Chippewa 269.54 sq mi
13 49721 Cheboygan Cheboygan 266.75 sq mi
14 49968 Wakefield Gogebic 265.38 sq mi
15 48661 West Branch Ogemaw 263.51 sq mi
16 48625 Harrison Clare 257.12 sq mi
17 49969 Watersmeet Gogebic 254.97 sq mi
18 49840 Gulliver Schoolcraft 249.20 sq mi
19 49735 Gaylord Otsego 248.58 sq mi
20 49946 Lanse Baraga 246.52 sq mi
21 49884 Shingleton Alger 246.47 sq mi
22 48653 Roscommon Roscommon 241.79 sq mi
23 49849 Ishpeming Marquette 241.44 sq mi
24 49765 Onaway Presque Isle 238.07 sq mi
25 49651 Lake City Missaukee 235.49 sq mi
26 49709 Atlanta Montmorency 231.80 sq mi
27 49841 Gwinn Marquette 227.61 sq mi
28 49938 Ironwood Gogebic 225.59 sq mi
29 49895 Wetmore Delta 223.46 sq mi
30 49762 Naubinway Mackinac 220.33 sq mi
31 49601 Cadillac Wexford 220.04 sq mi
32 49646 Kalkaska Kalkaska 219.29 sq mi
33 49880 Rock Marquette 216.26 sq mi
34 49707 Alpena Alpena 215.45 sq mi
35 49746 Hillman Montmorency 209.61 sq mi
36 49814 Champion Marquette 207.62 sq mi
37 49855 Marquette Marquette 206.92 sq mi
38 49887 Stephenson Menominee 205.91 sq mi
39 49873 Perronville Menominee 203.57 sq mi
40 49950 Mohawk Keweenaw 201.84 sq mi
41 49912 Bruce Crossing Ontonagon 201.33 sq mi
42 49866 Negaunee Marquette 201.27 sq mi
43 49349 White Cloud Newaygo 197.14 sq mi
44 49965 Toivola Houghton 191.87 sq mi
45 48879 Saint Johns Clinton 191.28 sq mi
46 49756 Lewiston Oscoda 190.36 sq mi
47 49818 Cornell Marquette 187.80 sq mi
48 49861 Michigamme Baraga 183.92 sq mi
49 49768 Paradise Chippewa 183.68 sq mi
50 49879 Republic Marquette 176.89 sq mi

Showing the top 50 of 992 ZIP codes in Michigan that have this figure and meet the threshold above. 49868 ranks 1st at 706.51 sq mi, against 176.89 sq mi in 50th place.

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zipcodes.pro. “Largest ZIP Codes in Michigan by Land Area.” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/rankings/mi/largest-area

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