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56456

ZIP 56456 is Jenkins, Minnesota, in Crow Wing County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Crow Wing
Metro area
Brainerd, MN
Coordinates
46.6461, -94.3347

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 56472, 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 56456
  • 🔢 Type 56456 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gShgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,456 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 7057. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110010001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56455 (Ironton, MN, 21 mi away) and 56458 (Lake George, MN, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56456 becomes 65465, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45656, 46556, 46565, 54566, 54656, 54665, …). The farthest-flung twin is 45656 in Oak Hill, OH, 800 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯517 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56456 and you would come out at 46.65°S, 85.67°E — 737 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 51m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 33m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees59This ZIP59
Annual payroll$1,638,000This ZIP$1,638,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 56456

ZIPCityDistance
56472 Pequot Lakes, MN 4.4 mi
56474 Pine River, MN 6.1 mi
56468 Nisswa, MN 10.6 mi
56459 Lake Hubert, MN 10.9 mi
56442 Crosslake, MN 11.3 mi
56465 Merrifield, MN 12.9 mi
56435 Backus, MN 14.5 mi
56448 Fifty Lakes, MN 15.5 mi
56441 Crosby, MN 17.4 mi
56466 Motley, MN 20.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56456?

56456 is in Jenkins, Minnesota, in Crow Wing County, part of the Brainerd, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.6461, -94.3347.

What county is 56456 in?

56456 lies in Crow Wing County.

What area code is 56456?

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

What time zone is 56456 in?

56456 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56456?

The closest are 56472 (4.4 mi), 56474 (6.1 mi), 56468 (10.6 mi), 56459 (10.9 mi) and 56442 (11.3 mi).

Is 56456 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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