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The 21297 ZIP Code is centered1 in Baltimore City County at latitude 39.295 and longitude -76.609 (Panoramio Photos). It is a PO Box type ZIP Code. Baltimore City 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 (1.4 miles S)
Highlandtown, MD (2.4 miles ESE)
Waverly, MD (2.4 miles N)
Canton, MD (2.4 miles ESE)
Hampden, MD (2.7 miles NNW)
Guilford, MD (2.7 miles N)
Westport, MD (2.7 miles SSW)
Mount Winans, MD (2.7 miles SW)
Orangeville, MD (3.1 miles E)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Frederick Douglass Homes, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Latrobe Homes, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Clarence Perkins Homes, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Mount Vernon, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Old Town, MD (< 0.1 mile)
 Little Italy, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Butchers Hill, MD (1.4 miles ESE)
Fells Point, MD (1.4 miles SE)
Broadway-Orleans Homes, MD (1.4 miles E)
Mount Clare, MD (1.4 miles WSW)

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.