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55550

ZIP 55550 is in Young America, Minnesota, in Carver County; Central time. Young America has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Carver
Coordinates
44.8055, -93.7665

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 55387, 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 55550
  • 🔢 Type 55550 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSSSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,550 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 11 × 101. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100011111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55488 (Minneapolis, MN, 27 mi away) and 55551 (Young America, MN, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55550 becomes 05555, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (55055). The farthest-flung twin is 55055 in Newport, MN, 38 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯423 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55550 and you would come out at 44.81°S, 86.23°E — 814 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 55550

ZIPCityDistance
55551 Young America, MN 0.0 mi
55553 Young America, MN 0.0 mi
55554 Norwood, MN 0.0 mi
55558 Young America, MN 0.0 mi
55568 Young America, MN 0.0 mi
55583 Norwood, MN 0.0 mi
55594 Young America, MN 0.0 mi
55322 Cologne, MN 2.5 mi
55387 Waconia, MN 3.9 mi
55386 Victoria, MN 6.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55550?

55550 is in Young America, Minnesota, in Carver County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8055, -93.7665.

What county is 55550 in?

55550 lies in Carver County.

What time zone is 55550 in?

55550 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 55550?

The closest are 55551 (0 mi), 55553 (0 mi), 55554 (0 mi), 55558 (0 mi) and 55568 (0 mi).

Is 55550 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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