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20768

ZIP 20768 is in Greenbelt, Maryland, in Prince George's County; area codes 667, 410 and 443; Eastern time. Greenbelt has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 20770 and 20771.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
39.0046, -76.8755

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 20770, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 20768 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 20768
  • 🔢 Type 20768 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgLOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,768 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 59. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000100100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20765 (Galesville, MD, 21 mi away) and 20769 (Glenn Dale, MD, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20768 becomes 86702, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02768, 02876, 06278, 06782, 07628, 07826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87026 in Laguna, NM, 1,689 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 20768 and you would come out at 39.00°S, 103.12°E — 865 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees7This ZIP7
Annual payroll$521,000This ZIP$521,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 20768

ZIPCityDistance
20770 Greenbelt, MD 0.8 mi
20771 Greenbelt, MD 1.1 mi
20704 Beltsville, MD 2.7 mi
20740 College Park, MD 3.0 mi
20706 Lanham, MD 3.0 mi
20705 Beltsville, MD 3.2 mi
20737 Riverdale, MD 3.6 mi
20769 Glenn Dale, MD 3.7 mi
20708 Laurel, MD 3.7 mi
20742 College Park, MD 3.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20768?

20768 is in Greenbelt, Maryland, in Prince George's County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0046, -76.8755.

What county is 20768 in?

20768 lies in Prince George's County.

What area code is 20768?

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

What time zone is 20768 in?

20768 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 20768?

The closest are 20770 (0.8 mi), 20771 (1.1 mi), 20704 (2.7 mi), 20740 (3 mi) and 20706 (3 mi).

Is 20768 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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