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Thurmont, MD 21788
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Graceham, MD 21788

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The 21788 ZIP Code is centered1 in Frederick County at latitude 39.601 and longitude -77.429 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Frederick County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 21788 was 11,025 with 4,262 housing units; a land area land area of 70.68 sq. miles; a water area of 0.35 sq. miles; and a population density of 155.99 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Blue Mountain, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Catoctin Furnace, MD (1.4 miles S)
Jimtown, MD (1.9 miles E)
Thurmont, MD (1.9 miles NNE)
Graceham, MD (2.7 miles ENE)
Creagerstown, MD (3.9 miles ESE)
Flint, MD (4.1 miles N)
Loys, MD (4.1 miles E)
Lewistown, MD (4.3 miles S)
Foxville, MD (4.3 miles NW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Thurmont Overlook, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Poplar Knob, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Knowles, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Devilbiss Estates, MD (< 0.1 mile)
Altogether, MD (1.4 miles NNE)
Fraley Acres, MD (1.4 miles SSE)
Free Farms, MD (1.4 miles ESE)
Gateway, MD (1.4 miles ENE)
Kesselring, MD (1.4 miles SE)
Sunday, MD (1.4 miles SSE)

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  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
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  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.