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Ocean City, MD 21842
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West Ocean City, MD 21842

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The 21842 ZIP Code is centered1 in Worcester County at latitude 38.388 and longitude -75.107 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Worcester County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 21842 was 10,147 with 28,315 housing units; a land area land area of 9.22 sq. miles; a water area of 0.1 sq. miles; and a population density of 1,100.50 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

North Ocean City, MD (2.4 miles ESE)
Cape Isle of Wight, MD (2.4 miles SSW)
Captains Hill, MD (2.7 miles S)
Ocean Pines, MD (2.7 miles WNW)
Bay Shore Acres, MD (3.1 miles S)
Ocean City, MD (3.9 miles SSE)
West Ocean City, MD (3.9 miles S)
Taylorville, MD (3.9 miles WSW)
Grays Corner, MD (4.3 miles SW)
Parkertown, MD (4.3 miles W)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Pintail Isle, MD (1.4 miles WSW)
Manklin Moorings, MD (1.4 miles WSW)
Mumfords Landing, MD (1.4 miles W)
Seabright, MD (1.9 miles WSW)
Teal Bay, MD (1.9 miles WNW)
South Ocean Pines, MD (1.9 miles W)
Warrens Park, MD (1.9 miles ESE)
Salt Grass Cove, MD (1.9 miles SW)
Wood Duck Isle, MD (1.9 miles WSW)
Bayshore Estates, MD (2.4 miles SE)

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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.