ZIP code · Wood Lake · Minnesota · United States
ZIP code 56297 — Wood Lake
ZIP code 56297 serves Wood Lake, Minnesota.
- Postal code
- 56297Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Wood Lake
- County
- Yellow Medicine FIPS 27173
- State
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 44.6379, -95.5409 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 824 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 12 / sq mi
- Land area
- 67.9 sq mi (175.8 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $80,250
- Per-capita income
- $39,364
- Median age
- 43.9
- Households
- 343
- Housing units
- 359
- Median home value
- $120,300
- Median gross rent
- $695 / 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
- 507Telephone 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 56297
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 85°F), coldest Jan (avg low 3°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 24 | 29 | 42 | 57 | 71 | 80 | 85 | 82 | 75 | 60 | 43 | 29 |
| Avg low °F | 3 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 60 | 58 | 48 | 35 | 22 | 10 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: GRANITE FALLS (12.2 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 56297
- 1 parks
- 1 post offices
- 1 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