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56084

ZIP 56084 is Searles, Minnesota, in Brown County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Brown
Metro area
New Ulm, MN
Coordinates
44.2286, -94.4347

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 56073, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 56084 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 56084
  • 🔢 Type 56084 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hBOgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,084 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 2003. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101100010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56083 (Sanborn, MN, 35 mi away) and 56085 (Sleepy Eye, MN, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56084 becomes 48065 — and that is a real ZIP code: Romeo, MI, 578 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04568, 04658, 04685, 04856, 04865, 05468, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04658 in Milbridge, ME, 1,306 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯371 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56084 and you would come out at 44.23°S, 85.57°E — 806 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 56084

ZIPCityDistance
56073 New Ulm, MN 5.7 mi
56041 Hanska, MN 6.7 mi
56021 Courtland, MN 7.2 mi
56030 Essig, MN 10.7 mi
56055 Lake Crystal, MN 12.1 mi
56062 Madelia, MN 12.5 mi
56056 La Salle, MN 12.9 mi
56074 Nicollet, MN 13.6 mi
56054 Lafayette, MN 14.7 mi
56085 Sleepy Eye, MN 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56084?

56084 is in Searles, Minnesota, in Brown County, part of the New Ulm, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.2286, -94.4347.

What county is 56084 in?

56084 lies in Brown County.

What area code is 56084?

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

What time zone is 56084 in?

56084 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56084?

The closest are 56073 (5.7 mi), 56041 (6.7 mi), 56021 (7.2 mi), 56030 (10.7 mi) and 56055 (12.1 mi).

Is 56084 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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