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20741

ZIP 20741 is in College Park, Maryland, in Prince George's County; Eastern time. College Park has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 20740 and 20742.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
38.8336, -76.8777

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 20747, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 20741 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 20741
  • 🔢 Type 20741 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhLOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,741 = 7 × 2963. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000100000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20740 (College Park, MD, 12 mi away) and 20742 (College Park, MD, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20741 becomes 14702 — and that is a real ZIP code: Jamestown, NY, 257 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01247, 01472, 01742, 02471, 02714, 02741, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74102 in Tulsa, OK, 1,062 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,159 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20741 and you would come out at 38.83°S, 103.12°E — 859 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 20741

ZIPCityDistance
20697 Southern Md Facility, MD 0.0 mi
20703 Lanham, MD 0.0 mi
20717 Bowie, MD 0.0 mi
20718 Bowie, MD 0.0 mi
20719 Bowie, MD 0.0 mi
20738 Riverdale, MD 0.0 mi
20749 Fort Washington, MD 0.0 mi
20753 District Heights, MD 0.0 mi
20775 Upper Marlboro, MD 0.0 mi
20790 Capitol Heights, MD 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20741?

20741 is in College Park, Maryland, in Prince George's County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.8336, -76.8777.

What county is 20741 in?

20741 lies in Prince George's County.

What time zone is 20741 in?

20741 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 20741?

The closest are 20697 (0 mi), 20703 (0 mi), 20717 (0 mi), 20718 (0 mi) and 20719 (0 mi).

Is 20741 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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