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56430

ZIP 56430 is Ah Gwah Ching, Minnesota, in Cass County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cass
Metro area
Brainerd, MN
Coordinates
47.0741, -94.5628

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 56484, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 56430 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 56430
  • 🔢 Type 56430 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEhgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,430 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 19. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110001101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56425 (Baxter, MN, 52 mi away) and 56431 (Aitkin, MN, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56430 becomes 03465 — and that is a real ZIP code: Troy, NH, 1,128 miles away.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03456, 03465, 04563, 04635, 04653, 05346, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34605 in Brooksville, FL, 1,440 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯539 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56430 and you would come out at 47.07°S, 85.44°E — 717 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 30m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 56430

ZIPCityDistance
56484 Walker, MN 4.6 mi
56436 Benedict, MN 8.3 mi
56452 Hackensack, MN 9.7 mi
56433 Akeley, MN 10.4 mi
56467 Nevis, MN 14.4 mi
56641 Federal Dam, MN 16.7 mi
56655 Longville, MN 16.9 mi
56633 Cass Lake, MN 17.2 mi
56461 Laporte, MN 17.5 mi
56435 Backus, MN 18.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56430?

56430 is in Ah Gwah Ching, Minnesota, in Cass County, part of the Brainerd, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.0741, -94.5628.

What county is 56430 in?

56430 lies in Cass County.

What area code is 56430?

Ah Gwah Ching uses area code 218, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 56430 in?

56430 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56430?

The closest are 56484 (4.6 mi), 56436 (8.3 mi), 56452 (9.7 mi), 56433 (10.4 mi) and 56467 (14.4 mi).

Is 56430 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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