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56679

ZIP 56679 is South International Falls, Minnesota, in Koochiching County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Koochiching
Metro area
none
Coordinates
48.5866, -93.3990

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 56649, 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 56679
  • 🔢 Type 56679 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLggS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,679 = 3 × 7 × 2699. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110101100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56678 (Solway, MN, 112 mi away) and 56680 (Spring Lake, MN, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56679 becomes 97665, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (65679, 65769, 66759, 67659, 75669, 75966, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96765 in Lawai, HI, 4,013 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯657 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56679 and you would come out at 48.59°S, 86.60°E — 743 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 17m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 56679

ZIPCityDistance
56668 Ranier, MN 3.1 mi
56649 International Falls, MN 11.4 mi
56669 Kabetogama, MN 17.2 mi
56653 Littlefork, MN 22.4 mi
56654 Loman, MN 28.0 mi
56629 Birchdale, MN 35.4 mi
55772 Nett Lake, MN 35.7 mi
55771 Orr, MN 39.6 mi
56627 Big Falls, MN 40.3 mi
56658 Margie, MN 40.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56679?

56679 is in South International Falls, Minnesota, in Koochiching County. Its published point location is 48.5866, -93.3990.

What county is 56679 in?

56679 lies in Koochiching County.

What area code is 56679?

South International Falls uses area code 218, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 56679 in?

56679 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56679?

The closest are 56668 (3.1 mi), 56649 (11.4 mi), 56669 (17.2 mi), 56653 (22.4 mi) and 56654 (28 mi).

Is 56679 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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