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55942

ZIP 55942 is Homer, Minnesota, in Winona County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Winona
Metro area
Winona, MN
Coordinates
44.0200, -91.6819

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 55987, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 55942 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 55942
  • 🔢 Type 55942 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhGSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,942 = 2 × 83 × 337. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101010000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55941 (Hokah, MN, 26 mi away) and 55943 (Houston, MN, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55942 becomes 24955, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24595, 29455, 29545, 29554, 49255, 49525, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95542 in Garberville, CA, 1,657 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯458 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55942 and you would come out at 44.02°S, 88.32°E — 931 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 55942

ZIPCityDistance
55987 Winona, MN 3.3 mi
55988 Stockton, MN 4.4 mi
55959 Minnesota City, MN 8.9 mi
55952 Lewiston, MN 9.6 mi
55969 Rollingstone, MN 10.6 mi
54629 Fountain City, WI 10.9 mi
54661 Trempealeau, WI 10.9 mi
54625 Dodge, WI 11.0 mi
55925 Dakota, MN 13.4 mi
55971 Rushford, MN 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55942?

55942 is in Homer, Minnesota, in Winona County, part of the Winona, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.0200, -91.6819.

What county is 55942 in?

55942 lies in Winona County.

What area code is 55942?

Homer uses area code 507, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 55942 in?

55942 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 55942?

The closest are 55987 (3.3 mi), 55988 (4.4 mi), 55959 (8.9 mi), 55952 (9.6 mi) and 55969 (10.6 mi).

Is 55942 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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