ZIP Code 56297

56297 is one of Minnesota's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Wood Lake, Yellow Medicine County.

City: Wood Lake
County: Yellow Medicine County
State: Minnesota
Prefix: 562xx

Where this code sits

56297 is part of the 562xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Wood Lake.

Wood Lake Minnesota ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 56297 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

ZIP codes nearest 56297

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 56297.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 56237	6.1 mi	Echo, MN
ZIP code 56245	7.5 mi	Hanley Falls, MN
ZIP code 56229	7.9 mi	Cottonwood, MN
ZIP code 56292	11 mi	Vesta, MN
ZIP code 56214	11 mi	Belview, MN
ZIP code 56241	12 mi	Granite Falls, MN
ZIP code 56263	14 mi	Milroy, MN
ZIP code 56285	14 mi	Sacred Heart, MN

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 56297, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 56297. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.