ZIP code · Williams · Minnesota · United States
ZIP code 56686 — Williams
ZIP code 56686 serves Williams, Minnesota.
- Postal code
- 56686Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Williams
- County
- Lake of the Woods FIPS 27077
- State
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 48.8022, -94.9556 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 962 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 5 / sq mi
- Land area
- 185.9 sq mi (481.6 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $70,781
- Per-capita income
- $34,970
- Median age
- 46.8
- Households
- 390
- Housing units
- 782
- Median home value
- $175,300
- Congressional district
- MN-8 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 3b (-35 to -30 °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 56686
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 78°F), coldest Jan (avg low -7°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 14 | 20 | 34 | 49 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 66 | 50 | 33 | 20 |
| Avg low °F | -7 | -3 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 50 | 54 | 52 | 44 | 31 | 16 | 2 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: CAMP NORRIS DNR (16.8 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 56686
- 3 parks
- 1 playgrounds
- 1 libraries
- 2 post offices
- 3 places of worship
- 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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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