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20704

ZIP 20704 is in Beltsville, Maryland, in Prince George's County; area codes 443, 410 and 667; Eastern time. Beltsville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 20705.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
39.0348, -76.9075

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 20705, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 20704 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 20704
  • 🔢 Type 20704 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOLOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,704 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 647. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000011100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20703 (Lanham, MD, 14 mi away) and 20705 (Beltsville, MD, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20704 becomes 40702 — and that is a real ZIP code: Corbin, KY, 418 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00742, 02047, 02740, 04027, 04072, 04270, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00742 in Roosevelt Roads, PR, 1,588 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,155 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20704 and you would come out at 39.03°S, 103.09°E — 868 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees60This ZIP60
Annual payroll$2,270,000This ZIP$2,270,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 20704

ZIPCityDistance
20705 Beltsville, MD 1.0 mi
20740 College Park, MD 2.5 mi
20770 Greenbelt, MD 2.6 mi
20768 Greenbelt, MD 2.7 mi
20771 Greenbelt, MD 3.3 mi
20742 College Park, MD 3.4 mi
20903 Silver Spring, MD 4.0 mi
20783 Hyattsville, MD 4.1 mi
20993 Silver Spring, MD 4.2 mi
20708 Laurel, MD 4.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20704?

20704 is in Beltsville, Maryland, in Prince George's County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0348, -76.9075.

What county is 20704 in?

20704 lies in Prince George's County.

What area code is 20704?

Beltsville uses area codes 443, 410 and 667, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 20704 in?

20704 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 20704?

The closest are 20705 (1 mi), 20740 (2.5 mi), 20770 (2.6 mi), 20768 (2.7 mi) and 20771 (3.3 mi).

Is 20704 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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