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56047

ZIP 56047 is Huntley, Minnesota, in Faribault County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Faribault
Metro area
none
Coordinates
43.7316, -94.2375

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 56039, 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 56047
  • 🔢 Type 56047 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhOgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,047 = 41 × 1367. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101011101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56046 (Hope, MN, 51 mi away) and 56048 (Janesville, MN, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56047 becomes 74065, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 70 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04576, 04657, 04675, 04756, 04765, 05476, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04657 in Meddybemps, ME, 1,320 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯350 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56047 and you would come out at 43.73°S, 85.76°E — 832 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 55m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees17This ZIP17
Annual payroll$1,167,000This ZIP$1,167,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 56047

ZIPCityDistance
56098 Winnebago, MN 5.1 mi
56039 Granada, MN 6.4 mi
56075 Northrop, MN 9.9 mi
56013 Blue Earth, MN 10.2 mi
56010 Amboy, MN 11.1 mi
56023 Delavan, MN 11.5 mi
56088 Truman, MN 12.8 mi
56031 Fairmont, MN 13.4 mi
56090 Vernon Center, MN 15.2 mi
56027 Elmore, MN 16.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56047?

56047 is in Huntley, Minnesota, in Faribault County. Its published point location is 43.7316, -94.2375.

What county is 56047 in?

56047 lies in Faribault County.

What area code is 56047?

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

What time zone is 56047 in?

56047 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56047?

The closest are 56098 (5.1 mi), 56039 (6.4 mi), 56075 (9.9 mi), 56013 (10.2 mi) and 56010 (11.1 mi).

Is 56047 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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