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La Plata, MD 20646
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Dentsville, MD 20646
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Laplata, MD 20646

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The 20646 ZIP Code is centered1 in Charles County at latitude 38.525 and longitude -76.974 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Charles County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 20646 was 16,354 with 5,830 housing units; a land area land area of 88.48 sq. miles; a water area of 0.01 sq. miles; and a population density of 184.83 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

La Plata, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Springhill, MD (1.4 miles SSW)
Newtown, MD (2.4 miles SE)
Port Tobacco, MD (2.4 miles WSW)
Brice, MD (2.7 miles NE)
Lyons Corner, MD (3.1 miles N)
Sutton Acres, MD (3.1 miles SW)
Rogers Mill, MD (3.1 miles SE)
Port Tobacco Riviera, MD (3.1 miles WSW)
Potomac Shores, MD (3.6 miles SW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

The Meadows, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Oakland Estates, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Old Colony, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Maxwelton, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Kent Square, MD (< 0.1 mile)
 Hickory Ridge, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Haldane, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Charowood, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Clarks Run, MD (1.4 miles ESE)
Morgans Ridge, MD (1.4 miles W)

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  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties / Independent Cities.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
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1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.