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College Park, MD 20742
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University of Maryland, MD 20742

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The 20742 ZIP Code is centered1 in Prince Georges County at latitude 38.992 and longitude -76.953 (Panoramio Photos). It is a unique - single entity - type ZIP Code. Prince Georges County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Acredale, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Adelphi Park, MD (< 0.1 mile)
College Heights Estates, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Chatham, MD (< 0.1 mile)
College Heights, MD (1.4 miles SSE)
Buck Lodge, MD (1.4 miles NNW)
College Park, MD (1.4 miles SE)
College Park Woods, MD (1.4 miles N)
Branchville, MD (1.4 miles ENE)
Calvert Hills, MD (1.4 miles SE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Lakeland, MD (1.4 miles E)
Chillum Terrace, MD (1.9 miles SSW)
Browns Corner, MD (1.9 miles W)
Lewiston, MD (2.4 miles N)
North Avondale, MD (3.1 miles SSW)
Canonbury Square, MD (3.1 miles SW)
Sellman Estates, MD (3.1 miles NNE)
Sunnyside, MD (3.4 miles NE)
Riggs Park, DC (3.4 miles SW)
Hampshire Knolls, DC (3.4 miles SW)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  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.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

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.