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55478

ZIP 55478 is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Hennepin County; Central time. Minneapolis has 69 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hennepin
Coordinates
44.9800, -93.2638

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 55401, 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 55478
  • 🔢 Type 55478 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLhSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,478 = 2 × 27739. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100010110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55474 (Minneapolis, MN, 0 mi away) and 55479 (Minneapolis, MN, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55478 becomes 87455 — and that is a real ZIP code: Newcomb, NM, 1,006 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45875, 47558, 47585, 47855, 48557, 48755, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78545 in Falcon Heights, TX, 1,312 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯447 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55478 and you would come out at 44.98°S, 86.74°E — 830 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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ZIP codes near 55478

ZIPCityDistance
55440 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi
55458 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi
55459 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi
55460 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi
55470 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi
55472 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi
55473 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi
55474 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi
55479 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi
55480 Minneapolis, MN 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55478?

55478 is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Hennepin County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.9800, -93.2638.

What county is 55478 in?

55478 lies in Hennepin County.

What time zone is 55478 in?

55478 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 55478?

The closest are 55440 (0 mi), 55458 (0 mi), 55459 (0 mi), 55460 (0 mi) and 55470 (0 mi).

Is 55478 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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