53056

ZIP 53056 is Merton, Wisconsin, in Waukesha County; area code 262; Central time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Waukesha
Metro area: Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
Coordinates: 43.1460, -88.3097

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 53029, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 53056

🔢 Type 53056 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSOES — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 53,056 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 829. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100111101000000
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53052 (Menomonee Falls, WI, 10 mi away) and 53057 (Mount Calvary, WI, 45 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 53056 becomes 65035 — and that is a real ZIP code: Freeburg, MO, 381 miles away.
👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05356, 05653, 06355, 06535, 30565, 30655, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06355 in Mystic, CT, 843 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
🎯578 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53056 and you would come out at 43.15°S, 91.69°E — 1,107 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.

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Business and tax activity

Business establishments	23This ZIP23
Employees	207This ZIP207
Annual payroll	$14,580,000This ZIP$14,580,000

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ZIP codes near 53056

ZIP	City	Distance
`53029`	Hartland, WI	1.6 mi
`53064`	North Lake, WI	3.2 mi
`53089`	Sussex, WI	3.6 mi
`53017`	Colgate, WI	4.8 mi
`53072`	Pewaukee, WI	5.1 mi
`53058`	Nashotah, WI	5.6 mi
`53069`	Okauchee, WI	6.6 mi
`53033`	Hubertus, WI	7.1 mi
`53046`	Lannon, WI	7.7 mi
`53018`	Delafield, WI	7.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53056?

53056 is in Merton, Wisconsin, in Waukesha County, part of the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1460, -88.3097.

What county is 53056 in?

53056 lies in Waukesha County.

What area code is 53056?

Merton uses area code 262, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53056 in?

53056 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 53056?

The closest are 53029 (1.6 mi), 53064 (3.2 mi), 53089 (3.6 mi), 53017 (4.8 mi) and 53072 (5.1 mi).

Is 53056 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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