Postal entity record
US 56297 Postal Code Data Source-backed
56297 postal code facts for Wood Lake, US: region, coordinates, source, and nearby postal codes.
CountryUS
PlaceWood Lake
RegionMN
Nearby rows12
Key metadata
| Place | Wood Lake |
|---|---|
| Admin area | Minnesota / MN |
| Local area | Yellow Medicine |
| Coordinates | 44.6379, -95.5409 |
| 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 56297 to Wood Lake, 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 | Wood Lake |
| postal_code | admin_area | Minnesota |
| postal_code | centroid | 44.6379, -95.5409 |
Nearby postal codes
| Code | Place | Region | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56237 | Echo | Minnesota | 6.1 mi |
| 56245 | Hanley Falls | Minnesota | 7.5 mi |
| 56229 | Cottonwood | Minnesota | 7.9 mi |
| 56214 | Belview | Minnesota | 11.2 mi |
| 56292 | Vesta | Minnesota | 11.2 mi |
| 56241 | Granite Falls | Minnesota | 11.8 mi |
| 56263 | Milroy | Minnesota | 13.9 mi |
| 56285 | Sacred Heart | Minnesota | 14.4 mi |
| 56287 | Seaforth | Minnesota | 15.3 mi |
| 56255 | Lucan | Minnesota | 16.8 mi |
| 56223 | Clarkfield | Minnesota | 17.1 mi |
| 56258 | Marshall | Minnesota | 17.6 mi |