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56002

ZIP 56002 is in Mankato, Minnesota, in Blue Earth County; area code 507; Central time. Mankato has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 56001 and 56003.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Blue Earth
Metro area
Mankato, MN
Coordinates
44.1591, -94.0092

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 56001, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 56002 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 56002
  • 🔢 Type 56002 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOOgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,002 = 2 × 28001. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101011000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56001 (Mankato, MN, 3 mi away) and 56003 (Mankato, MN, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56002 becomes 20065 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 949 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00652, 02056, 02065, 02650, 05062, 05260, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00652 in Garrochales, PR, 2,381 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯380 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56002 and you would come out at 44.16°S, 85.99°E — 826 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments37This ZIP37
Employees1,194This ZIP1,194
Annual payroll$84,592,000This ZIP$84,592,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 56002

ZIPCityDistance
56001 Mankato, MN 2.6 mi
56003 Mankato, MN 5.8 mi
56050 Kasota, MN 7.6 mi
56024 Eagle Lake, MN 8.5 mi
56080 Saint Clair, MN 9.2 mi
56063 Madison Lake, MN 10.1 mi
56037 Good Thunder, MN 10.3 mi
56055 Lake Crystal, MN 11.4 mi
56034 Garden City, MN 12.4 mi
56082 Saint Peter, MN 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56002?

56002 is in Mankato, Minnesota, in Blue Earth County, part of the Mankato, MN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1591, -94.0092.

What county is 56002 in?

56002 lies in Blue Earth County.

What area code is 56002?

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

What time zone is 56002 in?

56002 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56002?

The closest are 56001 (2.6 mi), 56003 (5.8 mi), 56050 (7.6 mi), 56024 (8.5 mi) and 56080 (9.2 mi).

Is 56002 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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