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55766

ZIP 55766 is Melrude, Minnesota, in St. Louis County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Louis
Metro area
Duluth, MN-WI
Coordinates
47.2496, -92.4123

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 55763, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 55766 is

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 55766
  • 🔢 Type 55766 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ggLSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,766 = 2 × 27883. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100111010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55765 (Meadowlands, MN, 18 mi away) and 55767 (Moose Lake, MN, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55766 becomes 66755 — and that is a real ZIP code: Moran, KS, 660 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (56567, 56576, 56657, 56756, 57566, 57656, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76556 in Milano, TX, 1,168 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯598 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55766 and you would come out at 47.25°S, 87.59°E — 810 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 28m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 55766

ZIPCityDistance
55724 Cotton, MN 6.0 mi
55763 Makinen, MN 10.1 mi
55734 Eveleth, MN 10.4 mi
55738 Forbes, MN 11.7 mi
55717 Canyon, MN 12.6 mi
55741 Gilbert, MN 14.4 mi
55751 Iron, MN 15.6 mi
55705 Aurora, MN 16.7 mi
55765 Meadowlands, MN 18.4 mi
55777 Virginia, MN 19.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55766?

55766 is in Melrude, Minnesota, in St. Louis County, part of the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.2496, -92.4123.

What county is 55766 in?

55766 lies in St. Louis County.

What area code is 55766?

Melrude uses area code 218, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 55766 in?

55766 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 55766?

The closest are 55724 (6 mi), 55763 (10.1 mi), 55734 (10.4 mi), 55738 (11.7 mi) and 55717 (12.6 mi).

Is 55766 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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