| City: | Fort Washington, Maryland |
| City Alias: | Ft Washington |
| County: | Prince Georges County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:16:25 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 227 / 240 / 301 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 38.7914, -76.9528 |
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ZIP 20749 serves a business concentration along Livingston Road in Fort Washington, Maryland, part of the Washington, DC metro area. This ZIP has zero residential population within its boundary. It exists as a point location enclosed within the larger residential ZIP 20744.
The post office maintains 350 PO Boxes and delivers to 291 business addresses. All 100 street delivery records are on Livingston Road, designated with unit numbers. This pattern indicates a single building or tightly clustered business park rather than a distributed community.
Fort Washington itself has street delivery through neighboring ZIP codes. ZIP 20749 appears to function as a specialized postal facility, possibly serving a mail processing center, business complex, or similar concentration of commercial addresses. The single carrier route handles all street delivery.
The name Fort Washington comes from the historic fort and park along the Potomac River, constructed in the early 1800s. However, this ZIP doesn't serve the historic site. It's classified as a PO Box ZIP, but street delivery exists for the businesses at this location. Nearby communities include Friendly, Oxon Hill, and Accokeek.
All delivery concentrated on Livingston Road with unit designators indicating a single building or business complex.
ZIP Code 20749 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,417Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 20749 is located in Prince Georges County, Maryland, within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 47900) and Maryland's 4th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 6,263,796 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 20749, and is subdivided into the Washington, DC-MD division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 47900Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Washington, DC-MD (CBSA Div 47764)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 6,263,796Source: Census |
| MSA: | Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 04Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 297.81 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2429525Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Fort Washington CDP; MarylandSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 20749 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.