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20916

ZIP 20916 is in Silver Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County; Eastern time. Silver Spring has 16 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery
Coordinates
38.9907, -77.0261

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 20910, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 20916 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 20916
  • 🔢 Type 20916 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIGOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,916 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 83. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000110110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20915 (Silver Spring, MD, 0 mi away) and 20918 (Silver Spring, MD, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20916 becomes 61902, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02169, 02196, 02916, 06129, 06912, 06921, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96201 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,088 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,149 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20916 and you would come out at 38.99°S, 102.97°E — 872 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 20916

ZIPCityDistance
20907 Silver Spring, MD 0.0 mi
20908 Silver Spring, MD 0.0 mi
20911 Silver Spring, MD 0.0 mi
20914 Silver Spring, MD 0.0 mi
20915 Silver Spring, MD 0.0 mi
20918 Silver Spring, MD 0.0 mi
20997 Silver Spring, MD 0.0 mi
20012 Washington, DC 0.8 mi
20910 Silver Spring, MD 1.0 mi
20913 Takoma Park, MD 1.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20916?

20916 is in Silver Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.9907, -77.0261.

What county is 20916 in?

20916 lies in Montgomery County.

What time zone is 20916 in?

20916 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 20916?

The closest are 20907 (0 mi), 20908 (0 mi), 20911 (0 mi), 20914 (0 mi) and 20915 (0 mi).

Is 20916 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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