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20875

ZIP 20875 is in Germantown, Maryland, in Montgomery County; area codes 240, 301 and 227; Eastern time. Germantown has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 20874 and 20876.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery
Coordinates
39.1440, -77.2076

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 20877, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 20875 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 20875
  • 🔢 Type 20875 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SLBOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,875 = 5 × 5 × 5 × 167. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000110001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20874 (Germantown, MD, 5 mi away) and 20876 (Germantown, MD, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20875 becomes 57802, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02857, 02875, 05827, 05872, 07825, 07852, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85072 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,968 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,138 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20875 and you would come out at 39.14°S, 102.79°E — 885 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 establishments6This ZIP6
Employees227This ZIP227
Annual payroll$13,763,000This ZIP$13,763,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 20875

ZIPCityDistance
20813 Bethesda, MD 0.0 mi
20827 Bethesda, MD 0.0 mi
20848 Rockville, MD 0.0 mi
20859 Potomac, MD 0.0 mi
20884 Gaithersburg, MD 0.0 mi
20897 Suburb Maryland Fac, MD 0.0 mi
20898 Gaithersburg, MD 0.0 mi
20899 Gaithersburg, MD 0.5 mi
20877 Gaithersburg, MD 0.9 mi
20880 Washington Grove, MD 1.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20875?

20875 is in Germantown, Maryland, in Montgomery County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.1440, -77.2076.

What county is 20875 in?

20875 lies in Montgomery County.

What area code is 20875?

Germantown uses area codes 240, 301 and 227, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 20875 in?

20875 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 20875?

The closest are 20813 (0 mi), 20827 (0 mi), 20848 (0 mi), 20859 (0 mi) and 20884 (0 mi).

Is 20875 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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