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56502

ZIP 56502 is in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in Becker County; area code 218; Central time. Detroit Lakes has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 56501.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Becker
Metro area
Detroit Lakes, MN
Coordinates
46.8172, -95.8453

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 56501, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 56502 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 56502
  • 🔢 Type 56502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOSgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,502 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 43 × 73. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110010110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56501 (Detroit Lakes, MN, 2 mi away) and 56510 (Ada, MN, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56502 becomes 20565 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 1,096 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02556, 02655, 05652, 06255, 06525, 20565, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02655 in Osterville, MA, 1,304 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 71%.
  • 🎯502 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56502 and you would come out at 46.82°S, 84.15°E — 666 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 32m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees409This ZIP409
Annual payroll$27,375,000This ZIP$27,375,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 56502

ZIPCityDistance
56501 Detroit Lakes, MN 1.8 mi
56511 Audubon, MN 8.3 mi
56577 Richwood, MN 10.9 mi
56544 Frazee, MN 12.1 mi
56587 Vergas, MN 12.5 mi
56521 Callaway, MN 12.9 mi
56578 Rochert, MN 12.9 mi
56554 Lake Park, MN 13.6 mi
56569 Ogema, MN 18.1 mi
56572 Pelican Rapids, MN 18.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56502?

56502 is in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in Becker County, part of the Detroit Lakes, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.8172, -95.8453.

What county is 56502 in?

56502 lies in Becker County.

What area code is 56502?

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

What time zone is 56502 in?

56502 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56502?

The closest are 56501 (1.8 mi), 56511 (8.3 mi), 56577 (10.9 mi), 56544 (12.1 mi) and 56587 (12.5 mi).

Is 56502 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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