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56436

ZIP 56436 is Benedict, Minnesota, in Hubbard County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hubbard
Metro area
none
Coordinates
47.1580, -94.6906

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 56461, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 56436 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 56436
  • 🔢 Type 56436 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEhgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,436 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 4703. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110001110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56435 (Backus, MN, 25 mi away) and 56437 (Bertha, MN, 65 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56436 becomes 63465 — and that is a real ZIP code: Revere, MO, 482 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34656, 35466, 35646, 36456, 36564, 43566, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34656 in New Port Richey, FL, 1,458 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯542 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56436 and you would come out at 47.16°S, 85.31°E — 709 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 29m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees6This ZIP6
Annual payroll$257,000This ZIP$257,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 56436

ZIPCityDistance
56430 Ah Gwah Ching, MN 8.3 mi
56461 Laporte, MN 9.2 mi
56484 Walker, MN 10.3 mi
56633 Cass Lake, MN 14.2 mi
56467 Nevis, MN 14.3 mi
56433 Akeley, MN 14.3 mi
56458 Lake George, MN 14.9 mi
56452 Hackensack, MN 18.0 mi
56641 Federal Dam, MN 20.4 mi
56470 Park Rapids, MN 20.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56436?

56436 is in Benedict, Minnesota, in Hubbard County. Its published point location is 47.1580, -94.6906.

What county is 56436 in?

56436 lies in Hubbard County.

What area code is 56436?

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

What time zone is 56436 in?

56436 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56436?

The closest are 56430 (8.3 mi), 56461 (9.2 mi), 56484 (10.3 mi), 56633 (14.2 mi) and 56467 (14.3 mi).

Is 56436 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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