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68056

ZIP 68056 is St Columbans, Nebraska, in Sarpy County; area codes 402 and 531; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Sarpy
Metro area
Omaha, NE-IA
Population
0
Coordinates
41.1412, -95.9044
☼ Live from 68056 — St Columbans, NE

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Where 68056 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 68056
  • 🔢 Type 68056 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSOBg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 68,056 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 47 × 181. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000100111011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 68055 (Rosalie, NE, 70 mi away) and 68057 (Scribner, NE, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 68056 becomes 65086, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05866, 06856, 50668, 56068, 56680, 60568, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05866 in Sheffield, VT, 1,224 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 71%.
  • 🎯167 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 68056 and you would come out at 41.14°S, 84.10°E — 879 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 0.056 square miles of land, 68056 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 27 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
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Population density0.0 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 68056

ZIPCityDistance
68005 Bellevue, NE 0.5 mi
68113 Offutt Afb, NE 1.6 mi
68123 Bellevue, NE 3.5 mi
68147 Bellevue, NE 3.7 mi
68107 Omaha, NE 5.3 mi
68157 Omaha, NE 5.3 mi
68133 Papillion, NE 5.4 mi
51501 Council Bluffs, IA 6.1 mi
68108 Omaha, NE 6.8 mi
68117 Omaha, NE 6.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 68056?

68056 is in St Columbans, Nebraska, in Sarpy County, part of the Omaha, NE-IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1412, -95.9044.

What county is 68056 in?

68056 lies in Sarpy County.

What area code is 68056?

St Columbans uses area codes 402 and 531, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 68056 in?

68056 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 68056?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 68056. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 68056?

The closest are 68005 (0.5 mi), 68113 (1.6 mi), 68123 (3.5 mi), 68147 (3.7 mi) and 68107 (5.3 mi).

Is 68056 a PO Box ZIP code?

68056 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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