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United States postal codes starting with 56

Prefix 56 contains 517 ZIP code records across 493 mapped localities in United States.

Verified data profile for United States prefix 56

Based on 517 records, 517 ZIP code values and 493 mapped localities. Coordinate coverage is 100.0%.

517

Records

517

Postal identifiers

100.0%

Geocoded

56001

Example code

Postal code	Locality	Administrative path	Coordinates
56001	Mankato	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.1538, -93.996
56002	Mankato	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.1591, -94.0092
56003	Mankato	Minnesota / Nicollet	44.2172, -94.0942
56007	Albert Lea	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.6537, -93.3707
56009	Alden	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.6466, -93.5823
56010	Amboy	Minnesota / Blue Earth	43.8903, -94.1774

Prefix coverage and examples

Use this page to understand country coverage, postal code formats, prefixes and the most useful child pages for lookup or download. The canonical route for this record set is /postal-codes/united-states/codes/56.

How to use this lookup

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Compare neighboring prefixes when a city or district spans multiple ranges.
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Records

517

Database rows represented by this canonical route.

Postal identifiers

517

Distinct postal code values in this route.

Localities

493

Mapped place names or administrative entries.

Coordinate coverage

100.0%

Rows with latitude and longitude available.

Detected format

5 digits or ZIP+4

US ZIP Codes use five digits, with an optional ZIP+4 extension.

Example

56001

Sample code from Mankato.

Prefix use

range lookup

Use this range when you know the first digits or letters but need matching localities.

Code	Place	Hierarchy	Coordinates
56001	Mankato	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.1538, -93.996
56002	Mankato	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.1591, -94.0092
56003	Mankato	Minnesota / Nicollet	44.2172, -94.0942
56007	Albert Lea	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.6537, -93.3707
56009	Alden	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.6466, -93.5823

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Data questions

What does this ZIP code prefix cover?

This page lists representative records, localities and nearby ranges for the United States prefix 56 prefix in United States.

Is the complete prefix dataset shown here?

The HTML page shows a bounded sample from 517 matching identifiers and points to the country export for complete coverage.

How should I use a prefix page?

Use it to narrow a lookup when you know the first characters of the code, then confirm locality, region and coordinates.

Related prefix ranges in United States

Compare this range with other active ZIP code prefixes from the same country-level directory.

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548 codes across 313 localities.

539 codes across 248 localities.

534 codes across 376 localities.

515 codes across 411 localities.

506 codes across 418 localities.

502 codes across 465 localities.

500 codes across 427 localities.

Representative postal code examples

This page keeps a bounded sample for fast crawling and links each code to its canonical lookup page. Use the country export when you need the full prefix dataset.

Postal code	Locality	Region	Coordinates
56001	Mankato	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.1538, -93.996
56002	Mankato	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.1591, -94.0092
56003	Mankato	Minnesota / Nicollet	44.2172, -94.0942
56007	Albert Lea	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.6537, -93.3707
56009	Alden	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.6466, -93.5823
56010	Amboy	Minnesota / Blue Earth	43.8903, -94.1774
56011	Belle Plaine	Minnesota / Scott	44.6139, -93.7604
56013	Blue Earth	Minnesota / Faribault	43.6394, -94.0924
56014	Bricelyn	Minnesota / Faribault	43.5746, -93.8211
56016	Clarks Grove	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.763, -93.3232
56017	Cleveland	Minnesota / Le Sueur	44.3201, -93.8286
56019	Comfrey	Minnesota / Brown	44.1111, -94.9134
56020	Conger	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.615, -93.5283
56021	Courtland	Minnesota / Nicollet	44.2791, -94.3482
56022	Darfur	Minnesota / Watonwan	44.0513, -94.838
56023	Delavan	Minnesota / Faribault	43.7719, -94.0225
56024	Eagle Lake	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.1546, -93.8719
56025	Easton	Minnesota / Faribault	43.7658, -93.9011
56026	Ellendale	Minnesota / Steele	43.8826, -93.3195
56027	Elmore	Minnesota / Faribault	43.5201, -94.0984
56028	Elysian	Minnesota / Le Sueur	44.2231, -93.6965
56029	Emmons	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.5089, -93.4824
56030	Essig	Minnesota / Brown	44.3258, -94.6052
56031	Fairmont	Minnesota / Martin	43.6376, -94.451
56032	Freeborn	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.7658, -93.5641
56033	Frost	Minnesota / Faribault	43.5638, -93.9361
56034	Garden City	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.0467, -94.1791
56035	Geneva	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.8235, -93.2671
56036	Glenville	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.5577, -93.2618
56037	Good Thunder	Minnesota / Blue Earth	43.9952, -94.0677
56039	Granada	Minnesota / Martin	43.7061, -94.3307
56041	Hanska	Minnesota / Brown	44.1527, -94.4933
56042	Hartland	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.804, -93.477
56043	Hayward	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.6386, -93.2377
56044	Henderson	Minnesota / Sibley	44.5344, -93.9345
56045	Hollandale	Minnesota / Freeborn	43.7608, -93.2041
56046	Hope	Minnesota / Steele	43.9619, -93.276
56047	Huntley	Minnesota / Faribault	43.7316, -94.2375
56048	Janesville	Minnesota / Waseca	44.1168, -93.7095
56050	Kasota	Minnesota / Le Sueur	44.2842, -93.9453
56051	Kiester	Minnesota / Faribault	43.5414, -93.7102
56052	Kilkenny	Minnesota / Le Sueur	44.3133, -93.5741
56054	Lafayette	Minnesota / Nicollet	44.4073, -94.4365
56055	Lake Crystal	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.1202, -94.2184
56056	La Salle	Minnesota / Watonwan	44.0727, -94.5795
56057	Le Center	Minnesota / Le Sueur	44.3853, -93.7214
56058	Le Sueur	Minnesota / Le Sueur	44.4582, -93.8856
56060	Lewisville	Minnesota / Watonwan	43.9209, -94.4289
56062	Madelia	Minnesota / Watonwan	44.0499, -94.411
56063	Madison Lake	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.2221, -93.8289
56065	Mapleton	Minnesota / Blue Earth	43.9331, -93.9542
56068	Minnesota Lake	Minnesota / Faribault	43.8295, -93.8282
56069	Montgomery	Minnesota / Le Sueur	44.4356, -93.581
56071	New Prague	Minnesota / Le Sueur	44.5402, -93.5805
56072	New Richland	Minnesota / Waseca	43.8937, -93.4995
56073	New Ulm	Minnesota / Brown	44.3044, -94.4644
56074	Nicollet	Minnesota / Nicollet	44.2724, -94.1867
56075	Northrop	Minnesota / Martin	43.7353, -94.4357
56078	Pemberton	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.0077, -93.7833
56080	Saint Clair	Minnesota / Blue Earth	44.0817, -93.8571

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