ZIP code · Elbow Lake · Minnesota · United States
ZIP code 56531 — Elbow Lake
ZIP code 56531 serves Elbow Lake, Minnesota.
- Postal code
- 56531Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Elbow Lake
- County
- Grant FIPS 27051
- State
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 45.9953, -95.9671 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 1,948 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 13 / sq mi
- Land area
- 151.4 sq mi (392.1 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $73,162
- Per-capita income
- $42,952
- Median age
- 41.8
- Households
- 785
- Housing units
- 924
- Median home value
- $151,600
- Median gross rent
- $785 / month
- Congressional district
- MN-7 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 4b (-25 to -20 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago (UTC−6 / UTC−5 DST)
- Area code
- 218Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 56531
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 81°F), coldest Jan (avg low -0°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 18 | 22 | 36 | 53 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 56 | 38 | 24 |
| Avg low °F | -0 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 45 | 56 | 61 | 57 | 49 | 35 | 21 | 8 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: FERGUS FALLS (21.7 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 56531
- 1 schools
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 1 supermarkets
- 1 restaurants & cafés
- 1 bars & pubs
- 2 parks
- 1 playgrounds
- 1 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 5 places of worship
- 2 banks
- 3 gas stations
- 2 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page