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56561

ZIP 56561 is in Moorhead, Minnesota, in Clay County; area code 218; Central time. Moorhead has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 56560, 56562 and 56563.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Clay
Metro area
Fargo, ND-MN
Coordinates
46.8739, -96.7695

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 56560, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 56561 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 56561
  • 🔢 Type 56561 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgSgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,561 = 163 × 347. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110011110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56560 (Moorhead, MN, 3 mi away) and 56562 (Moorhead, MN, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56561 becomes 16565 — and that is a real ZIP code: Erie, PA, 882 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15656, 15665, 16565, 16655, 51566, 51656, …). The farthest-flung twin is 16655 in Imler, PA, 1,020 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 73%.
  • 🎯495 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56561 and you would come out at 46.87°S, 83.23°E — 623 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 31m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees31This ZIP31
Annual payroll$1,547,000This ZIP$1,547,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 56561

ZIPCityDistance
56562 Moorhead, MN 0.6 mi
56563 Moorhead, MN 0.8 mi
58106 Fargo, ND 1.0 mi
58107 Fargo, ND 1.0 mi
58108 Fargo, ND 1.0 mi
58121 Fargo, ND 1.0 mi
58122 Fargo, ND 1.0 mi
58124 Fargo, ND 1.0 mi
58125 Fargo, ND 1.0 mi
58126 Fargo, ND 1.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56561?

56561 is in Moorhead, Minnesota, in Clay County, part of the Fargo, ND-MN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.8739, -96.7695.

What county is 56561 in?

56561 lies in Clay County.

What area code is 56561?

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

What time zone is 56561 in?

56561 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56561?

The closest are 56562 (0.6 mi), 56563 (0.8 mi), 58106 (1 mi), 58107 (1 mi) and 58108 (1 mi).

Is 56561 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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