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56565

ZIP 56565 is Nashua, Minnesota, mostly in Wilkin County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Wilkin +1 more
Metro area
Wahpeton, ND-MN
Population
83
Coordinates
46.0486, -96.3151
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Where 56565 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56565
  • 🔢 Type 56565 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgSgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆56565 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,565 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 419. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110011110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56563 (Moorhead, MN, 60 mi away) and 56566 (Naytahwaush, MN, 89 mi away).
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (56556, 56655, 65556, 65565, 65655). The farthest-flung twin is 65655 in Gainesville, MO, 683 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 72%.
  • 🎯445 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56565 and you would come out at 46.05°S, 83.68°E — 665 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 38m.
  • 📏 At 31.1 square miles of land, 56565 is bigger than 47% of ZIP codes — room for about 24 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population83This ZIP83
Households46This ZIP46
Housing units48This ZIP48
Median age51.1This ZIP51.1Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$53,846This ZIP$53,846Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher6.2%This ZIP6.2%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density2.7 / sq miThis ZIP2.7 / sq mi

Land area

Land area31.06 sq miThis ZIP31.06 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 56565 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Wilkin County 75.0%
Grant County 25.0%

Other place names in 56565

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 56565

ZIPCityDistance
56583 Tintah, MN 5.4 mi
56522 Campbell, MN 6.9 mi
56590 Wendell, MN 7.9 mi
56274 Norcross, MN 11.0 mi
56543 Foxhome, MN 16.4 mi
56531 Elbow Lake, MN 16.5 mi
58030 Fairmount, ND 17.0 mi
56296 Wheaton, MN 17.3 mi
56520 Breckenridge, MN 18.8 mi
56537 Fergus Falls, MN 19.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56565?

56565 is in Nashua, Minnesota, in Wilkin County, part of the Wahpeton, ND-MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.0486, -96.3151.

What county is 56565 in?

56565 spans 2 counties: Wilkin County and Grant County. Most of it falls in Wilkin County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 56565?

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

What time zone is 56565 in?

56565 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56565?

About 83 people live in ZIP code 56565, in 46 households, at 2.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 56565?

$53,846 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56565?

The closest are 56583 (5.4 mi), 56522 (6.9 mi), 56590 (7.9 mi), 56274 (11 mi) and 56543 (16.4 mi).

Is 56565 a PO Box ZIP code?

56565 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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