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Baltimore, MD 21261
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Essex, MD 21261
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Census Bureau, MD 21261

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The 21261 ZIP Code is centered1 in Baltimore County at latitude 39.295 and longitude -76.622 (Panoramio Photos). It is a unique - single entity - type ZIP Code. Baltimore 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

Baltimore, MD (< 0.1 mile)
South Baltimore, MD (1.9 miles SSE)
Mount Winans, MD (2.4 miles SSW)
Westport, MD (2.4 miles SSW)
Waverly, MD (2.4 miles NNE)
Wilhelm Park, MD (2.7 miles WSW)
Walbrook, MD (2.7 miles WNW)
Hampden, MD (2.7 miles NNW)
Guilford, MD (2.7 miles N)
Carroll, MD (2.7 miles WSW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Mount Clare, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Mount Vernon, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Old Town, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Little Italy, MD (1.4 miles ESE)
Mount Royal, MD (1.4 miles NNW)
Fulton, MD (1.4 miles WNW)
Gilmor Homes, MD (1.4 miles WNW)
Broadway-Orleans Homes, MD (1.4 miles E)
Frederick Douglass Homes, MD (1.4 miles E)
Latrobe Homes, MD (1.4 miles ENE)

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.