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56568

ZIP 56568 is Nielsville, Minnesota, mostly in Polk County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Polk +1 more
Metro area
Grand Forks, ND-MN
Population
140
Coordinates
47.5352, -96.7832
☼ Live from 56568 — Nielsville, MN

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Where 56568 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56568
  • 🔢 Type 56568 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgSgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,568 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 2357. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110011111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56567 (New York Mills, MN, 95 mi away) and 56569 (Ogema, MN, 55 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56568 becomes 86565, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (56586, 56658, 56685, 58566, 58656, 65586, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86556 in Tsaile, AZ, 1,007 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 73%.
  • 🎯540 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56568 and you would come out at 47.54°S, 83.22°E — 608 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 26m.
  • 📏 At 29.7 square miles of land, 56568 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population140This ZIP140
Households50This ZIP50
Housing units65This ZIP65
Median age41.3This ZIP41.3Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$40,000This ZIP$40,000Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$94,000This ZIP$94,000Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher8.8%This ZIP8.8%
Mean commute37.5 minThis ZIP37.5 min
Population density4.7 / sq miThis ZIP4.7 / sq mi

Land area

Land area29.71 sq miThis ZIP29.71 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Counties 56568 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Polk County 93.3%
Norman County 6.7%

Other place names in 56568

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

ZIP codes near 56568

ZIPCityDistance
56581 Shelly, MN 5.1 mi
58219 Caledonia, ND 6.0 mi
56523 Climax, MN 7.2 mi
56517 Beltrami, MN 10.5 mi
58223 Cummings, ND 10.9 mi
56548 Halstad, MN 11.7 mi
58218 Buxton, ND 13.5 mi
58045 Hillsboro, ND 14.9 mi
56510 Ada, MN 17.2 mi
56716 Crookston, MN 17.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56568?

56568 is in Nielsville, Minnesota, in Polk County, part of the Grand Forks, ND-MN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.5352, -96.7832.

What county is 56568 in?

56568 spans 2 counties: Polk County and Norman County. Most of it falls in Polk 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 56568?

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

What time zone is 56568 in?

56568 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56568?

About 140 people live in ZIP code 56568, in 50 households, at 4.7 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 56568?

$40,000 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56568?

The closest are 56581 (5.1 mi), 58219 (6 mi), 56523 (7.2 mi), 56517 (10.5 mi) and 58223 (10.9 mi).

Is 56568 a PO Box ZIP code?

56568 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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