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56741

ZIP 56741 is Oak Island, Minnesota, in Lake of the Woods County; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
Metro area
none
Coordinates
49.3135, -94.8492

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 56711, 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 56741
  • 🔢 Type 56741 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhLgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,741 = 23 × 2467. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110110100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56740 (Noyes, MN, 109 mi away) and 56742 (Oklee, MN, 105 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56741 becomes 14765, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14756, 15467, 15476, 15647, 15674, 15746, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76541 in Killeen, TX, 1,266 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯680 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56741 and you would come out at 49.31°S, 85.15°E — 671 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 11m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees18This ZIP18
Annual payroll$693,000This ZIP$693,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 56741

ZIPCityDistance
56711 Angle Inlet, MN 24.6 mi
56682 Swift, MN 36.0 mi
56686 Williams, MN 36.7 mi
56673 Roosevelt, MN 39.6 mi
56763 Warroad, MN 41.5 mi
56756 Salol, MN 43.0 mi
56623 Baudette, MN 50.8 mi
56751 Roseau, MN 53.8 mi
56761 Wannaska, MN 62.1 mi
56629 Birchdale, MN 63.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56741?

56741 is in Oak Island, Minnesota, in Lake of the Woods County. Its published point location is 49.3135, -94.8492.

What county is 56741 in?

56741 lies in Lake of the Woods County.

What time zone is 56741 in?

56741 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 56741?

The closest are 56711 (24.6 mi), 56682 (36 mi), 56686 (36.7 mi), 56673 (39.6 mi) and 56763 (41.5 mi).

Is 56741 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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