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55188

ZIP 55188 is in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in Ramsey County; Central time. Saint Paul has 43 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Ramsey
Coordinates
45.0059, -93.1059

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 55113, 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 55188
  • 🔢 Type 55188 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBISS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,188 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 73. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101011110010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55187 (Saint Paul, MN, 0 mi away) and 55301 (Albertville, MN, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55188 becomes 88155, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 2 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58581, 88515). The farthest-flung twin is 88515 in El Paso, TX, 1,162 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯454 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55188 and you would come out at 45.01°S, 86.89°E — 836 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 46m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 55188

ZIPCityDistance
55133 Saint Paul, MN 0.0 mi
55144 Saint Paul, MN 0.0 mi
55165 Saint Paul, MN 0.0 mi
55172 Saint Paul, MN 0.0 mi
55175 Saint Paul, MN 0.0 mi
55187 Saint Paul, MN 0.0 mi
55117 Saint Paul, MN 0.7 mi
55164 Saint Paul, MN 1.0 mi
55113 Saint Paul, MN 2.3 mi
55130 Saint Paul, MN 2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55188?

55188 is in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in Ramsey County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.0059, -93.1059.

What county is 55188 in?

55188 lies in Ramsey County.

What time zone is 55188 in?

55188 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 55188?

The closest are 55133 (0 mi), 55144 (0 mi), 55165 (0 mi), 55172 (0 mi) and 55175 (0 mi).

Is 55188 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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