Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/56361

56361

ZIP 56361 is Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, mostly in Otter Tail County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Otter Tail +1 more
Metro area
Fergus Falls, MN
Population
2,592
Coordinates
46.1602, -95.3325
☼ Live from 56361 — Parkers Prairie, MN

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 56361 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56361
  • 🔢 Type 56361 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgEgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,361 = 3 × 18787. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110000101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56360 (Osakis, MN, 22 mi away) and 56362 (Paynesville, MN, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56361 becomes 16365 — and that is a real ZIP code: Warren, PA, 856 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13656, 13665, 15366, 15636, 15663, 16365, …). The farthest-flung twin is 31566 in Waynesville, GA, 1,262 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯467 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56361 and you would come out at 46.16°S, 84.67°E — 705 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 37m.
  • 📏 At 158.5 square miles of land, 56361 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 120 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 56361 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population2,592This ZIP2,592
Households986This ZIP986
Housing units1,216This ZIP1,216
Median age42.4This ZIP42.4Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$70,541This ZIP$70,541Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$247,700This ZIP$247,700Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$807This ZIP$807Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.2%This ZIP11.2%
Mean commute23.8 minThis ZIP23.8 min
Population density16.4 / sq miThis ZIP16.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments78This ZIP78
Employees510This ZIP510
Annual payroll$20,825,000This ZIP$20,825,000
Tax returns filed1,150This ZIP1,150
Total adjusted gross income$78,260,000This ZIP$78,260,000

Land area

Land area158.50 sq miThis ZIP158.50 sq mi
Water area6.50 sq miThis ZIP6.50 sq mi

Counties 56361 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Otter Tail County 83.3%
Douglas County 16.7%

Other place names in 56361

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 56361

ZIPCityDistance
56354 Miltona, MN 7.1 mi
56588 Vining, MN 8.6 mi
56446 Eagle Bend, MN 11.5 mi
56319 Carlos, MN 11.7 mi
56551 Henning, MN 12.4 mi
56453 Hewitt, MN 13.1 mi
56524 Clitherall, MN 14.1 mi
56437 Bertha, MN 14.4 mi
56527 Deer Creek, MN 14.7 mi
56355 Nelson, MN 15.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 56361 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56361?

56361 is in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, in Otter Tail County, part of the Fergus Falls, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.1602, -95.3325.

What county is 56361 in?

56361 spans 2 counties: Otter Tail County and Douglas County. Most of it falls in Otter Tail County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 56361?

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

What time zone is 56361 in?

56361 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56361?

About 2,592 people live in ZIP code 56361, in 986 households, at 16.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 56361?

$70,541 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56361?

The closest are 56354 (7.1 mi), 56588 (8.6 mi), 56446 (11.5 mi), 56319 (11.7 mi) and 56551 (12.4 mi).

Is 56361 a PO Box ZIP code?

56361 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “56361 ZIP Code — Parkers Prairie, Minnesota (Otter Tail County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/56361

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/56361.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.