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56577

ZIP 56577 is Richwood, Minnesota, in Becker County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Becker
Metro area
Detroit Lakes, MN
Coordinates
46.9747, -95.8228

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 56521, 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 56577
  • 🔢 Type 56577 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LLSgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,577 = 3 × 18859. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110100000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56576 (Richville, MN, 35 mi away) and 56578 (Rochert, MN, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56577 becomes 77565 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kemah, TX, 1,206 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (55767, 56757, 57567, 57576, 57657, 57756, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77565 in Kemah, TX, 1,206 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 71%.
  • 🎯513 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56577 and you would come out at 46.97°S, 84.18°E — 663 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 31m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 56577

ZIPCityDistance
56521 Callaway, MN 4.1 mi
56569 Ogema, MN 7.2 mi
56578 Rochert, MN 8.9 mi
56591 White Earth, MN 8.9 mi
56501 Detroit Lakes, MN 9.3 mi
56502 Detroit Lakes, MN 10.9 mi
56511 Audubon, MN 12.9 mi
56554 Lake Park, MN 15.1 mi
56589 Waubun, MN 17.0 mi
56544 Frazee, MN 18.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56577?

56577 is in Richwood, Minnesota, in Becker County, part of the Detroit Lakes, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.9747, -95.8228.

What county is 56577 in?

56577 lies in Becker County.

What area code is 56577?

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

What time zone is 56577 in?

56577 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56577?

The closest are 56521 (4.1 mi), 56569 (7.2 mi), 56578 (8.9 mi), 56591 (8.9 mi) and 56501 (9.3 mi).

Is 56577 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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