56593

ZIP 56593 is Wolf Lake, 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: 46.8035, -95.3535

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 56464, 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 56593

🔢 Type 56593 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EGSgS — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 56,593 = 17 × 3329. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110100010001
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56592 (Winger, MN, 59 mi away) and 56594 (Wolverton, MN, 64 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 56593 becomes 39565 — and that is a real ZIP code: Vancleave, MS, 1,173 miles away.
👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35956, 36559, 39556, 39565, 53569, 53596, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96553 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,928 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
🎯508 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56593 and you would come out at 46.80°S, 84.65°E — 688 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 establishments	3This ZIP3
Employees	25This ZIP25
Annual payroll	$278,000This ZIP$278,000

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ZIP codes near 56593

ZIP	City	Distance
`56570`	Osage, MN	7.9 mi
`56464`	Menahga, MN	12.0 mi
`56544`	Frazee, MN	12.3 mi
`56573`	Perham, MN	16.1 mi
`56578`	Rochert, MN	16.6 mi
`56575`	Ponsford, MN	16.9 mi
`56567`	New York Mills, MN	17.6 mi
`56470`	Park Rapids, MN	19.8 mi
`56477`	Sebeka, MN	20.0 mi
`56518`	Bluffton, MN	22.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56593?

56593 is in Wolf Lake, Minnesota, in Becker County, part of the Detroit Lakes, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.8035, -95.3535.

What county is 56593 in?

56593 lies in Becker County.

What area code is 56593?

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

What time zone is 56593 in?

56593 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56593?

The closest are 56570 (7.9 mi), 56464 (12 mi), 56544 (12.3 mi), 56573 (16.1 mi) and 56578 (16.6 mi).

Is 56593 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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