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Germantown, MD 20874
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Darnestown, MD 20874

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The 20874 ZIP Code is centered1 in Montgomery County at latitude 39.168 and longitude -77.268 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Montgomery County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 20874 was 49,224 with 19,187 housing units; a land area land area of 19.57 sq. miles; a water area of 0.05 sq. miles; and a population density of 2,514.86 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Old Germantown, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Germantown, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Clopper, MD (1.9 miles SE)
Middlebrook, MD (1.9 miles ENE)
Neelsville, MD (2.4 miles NE)
Brownstown, MD (2.4 miles SW)
Boyds, MD (2.7 miles WNW)
Metropolitan Grove, MD (2.7 miles ESE)
Brown, MD (3.1 miles ESE)
Burdette, MD (3.1 miles NW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

North Germantown, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Williamsburg Square, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Stoneridge, MD (< 0.1 mile)
The Colony, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Liberty Heights, MD (< 0.1 mile)
 Germantown Park, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Germantown View, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Farmingdale Estates, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Germantown Estates, MD (1.4 miles W)
Pleasant Fields, MD (1.4 miles S)

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  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.