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20709

ZIP 20709 is in Laurel, Maryland, in Prince George's County; area codes 443, 410 and 667; Eastern time. Laurel has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
39.0993, -76.8483

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 20707, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 20709 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 20709
  • 🔢 Type 20709 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOLOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,709 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 13 × 59. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000011100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20708 (Laurel, MD, 4 mi away) and 20710 (Bladensburg, MD, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20709 becomes 90702 — and that is a real ZIP code: Artesia, CA, 2,299 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00729, 00792, 00927, 02790, 02907, 07029, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09072 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,940 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,157 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20709 and you would come out at 39.10°S, 103.15°E — 867 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 establishments3This ZIP3
Employees2This ZIP2
Annual payroll$73,000This ZIP$73,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 20709

ZIPCityDistance
20725 Laurel, MD 0.0 mi
20726 Laurel, MD 0.0 mi
20707 Laurel, MD 1.9 mi
20723 Laurel, MD 2.9 mi
20763 Savage, MD 3.0 mi
20724 Laurel, MD 3.4 mi
20701 Annapolis Junction, MD 4.0 mi
20708 Laurel, MD 4.1 mi
20705 Beltsville, MD 4.5 mi
20794 Jessup, MD 4.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20709?

20709 is in Laurel, Maryland, in Prince George's County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0993, -76.8483.

What county is 20709 in?

20709 lies in Prince George's County.

What area code is 20709?

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

What time zone is 20709 in?

20709 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 20709?

The closest are 20725 (0 mi), 20726 (0 mi), 20707 (1.9 mi), 20723 (2.9 mi) and 20763 (3 mi).

Is 20709 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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