| City: | Moorhead, Minnesota |
| County: | Clay County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:45:10 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 218 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 46.8737, -96.7674 |
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ZIP code 56561 serves a specialized postal facility in Moorhead, Minnesota, located at 5th Street S near downtown Fargo. This isn't a residential ZIP. It's classified as PO Box only, but the USPS maintains both PO Box services and business delivery at this location.
The facility maintains 224 PO Boxes and serves 190 business delivery points. All street delivery records route to a single address on 5th Street S, with 55 delivery units at that location. This pattern indicates a multi-tenant commercial building or business complex rather than a traditional neighborhood.
Moorhead has other ZIP codes (including 56560, which surrounds this location) that handle standard residential and business delivery. ZIP 56561 functions as a specialized postal service point within the larger Moorhead postal infrastructure. The city sits on the Minnesota-North Dakota border, directly adjacent to Fargo.
Only one street address: 5th Street S with 55 multi-unit delivery points.
ZIP Code 56561 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 8 business establishments, employing about 31 people with an annual payroll of $1,547,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 3,623Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 8Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $380,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,547,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 31Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 56561 is located in Clay County, Minnesota, within the Fargo, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 22020) and Minnesota's 7th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 208,777 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 56561. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Fargo, ND-MNSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 22020Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 208,777Source: Census |
| MSA: | Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 07Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 33429.31 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2743864Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Moorhead city; MinnesotaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 56561 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.