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56631

ZIP 56631 is Bowstring, Minnesota, in Itasca County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Itasca
Metro area
Grand Rapids, MN
Coordinates
47.5430, -93.7966

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 56636, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 56631 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 56631
  • 🔢 Type 56631 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEggS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,631 = 3 × 43 × 439. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110100110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56630 (Blackduck, MN, 36 mi away) and 56633 (Cass Lake, MN, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56631 becomes 13665 — and that is a real ZIP code: Natural Bridge, NY, 914 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13656, 13665, 15366, 15636, 15663, 16365, …). The farthest-flung twin is 31566 in Waynesville, GA, 1,296 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯584 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56631 and you would come out at 47.54°S, 86.20°E — 742 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.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 56631

ZIPCityDistance
56637 Talmoon, MN 5.6 mi
56657 Marcell, MN 7.7 mi
56636 Deer River, MN 10.8 mi
56680 Spring Lake, MN 10.9 mi
56659 Max, MN 11.8 mi
56628 Bigfork, MN 16.5 mi
56688 Wirt, MN 18.2 mi
56626 Bena, MN 20.1 mi
56681 Squaw Lake, MN 21.8 mi
55709 Bovey, MN 22.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56631?

56631 is in Bowstring, Minnesota, in Itasca County, part of the Grand Rapids, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.5430, -93.7966.

What county is 56631 in?

56631 lies in Itasca County.

What area code is 56631?

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

What time zone is 56631 in?

56631 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56631?

The closest are 56637 (5.6 mi), 56657 (7.7 mi), 56636 (10.8 mi), 56680 (10.9 mi) and 56659 (11.8 mi).

Is 56631 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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