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Baltimore, MD 21285
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Towson, MD 21285
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Towson Finance, MD 21285

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The 21285 ZIP Code is centered1 in Baltimore County at latitude 39.408 and longitude -76.598 (Panoramio Photos). It is a PO Box 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

Towson, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Towson Park, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Southland Hills, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Hampton Village, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Greenbrier, MD (< 0.1 mile)
 Dulaney Village, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Campus Hills, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Bridlewood, MD (1.4 miles NW)
Burnbrae, MD (1.4 miles WSW)
Devonshire Forest, MD (1.4 miles WNW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Goucher Woods, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Eudowood, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Huntcrest Estates, MD (1.4 miles E)
The Colony, MD (1.4 miles W)
The Willows of Ruxton, MD (1.4 miles W)
Ridervale, MD (1.9 miles WNW)
The Cloisters at Charles, MD (1.9 miles SSW)
Valewood at Hampton Gardens, MD (1.9 miles ENE)
The Beechs, MD (1.9 miles ENE)
Hampton East, MD (1.9 miles NE)

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.