Postal entity record
US 50861 Postal Code Data Source-backed
50861 postal code facts for Shannon City, US: region, coordinates, source, and nearby postal codes.
CountryUS
PlaceShannon City
RegionIA
Nearby rows12
Key metadata
| Place | Shannon City |
|---|---|
| Admin area | Iowa / IA |
| Local area | Union |
| Coordinates | 40.9017, -94.2633 |
| GeoNames accuracy | 4 |
| Source | GeoNames postal code data |
| License | GeoNames postal data; provided as-is with attribution required. |
| Snapshot date | 2026-06-02 |
What this record means
This row links US 50861 to Shannon City, the available admin area, centroid coordinates, source accuracy, and source snapshot metadata.
Use it as a reference-data join for cleaning CRM rows, grouping operational reports, preparing territory QA, or checking whether an imported postal value has a source-backed match.
What the centroid can support
The latitude and longitude represent a postal centroid from the source snapshot. They are useful for approximate map previews, nearby-record review, deduplication checks, and distance-based QA.
They should not be treated as an official delivery boundary, address-level geocode, tax boundary, or service-area guarantee.
Sample CSV enrichment output
| Input field | Added output | Example value |
|---|---|---|
| postal_code | matched_place | Shannon City |
| postal_code | admin_area | Iowa |
| postal_code | centroid | 40.9017, -94.2633 |
Nearby postal codes
| Code | Place | Region | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50831 | Arispe | Iowa | 3.1 mi |
| 50863 | Tingley | Iowa | 5.1 mi |
| 50845 | Diagonal | Iowa | 7.3 mi |
| 50074 | Ellston | Iowa | 10 mi |
| 50830 | Afton | Iowa | 10.2 mi |
| 50801 | Creston | Iowa | 11.1 mi |
| 50254 | Thayer | Iowa | 12.3 mi |
| 50854 | Mount Ayr | Iowa | 13.1 mi |
| 50842 | Cromwell | Iowa | 14.1 mi |
| 50840 | Clearfield | Iowa | 14.2 mi |
| 50835 | Benton | Iowa | 14.5 mi |
| 50851 | Lenox | Iowa | 15.6 mi |