| City: | Cumberland, Maryland |
| County: | Allegany County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:00:25 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 227 / 240 / 301 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 39.6528, -78.7626 |
| Quick Link: |
ZIP code 21501 serves downtown Cumberland, Maryland's commercial district. It doesn't cover a residential area. Instead, it functions as a business postal station within the larger 21502 ZIP code. The post office maintains 121 PO Boxes for the 138 businesses and 574 workers in this compact downtown zone.
Park Street dominates the address records, with 79 entries featuring unit numbers. This pattern suggests multi-tenant commercial buildings where businesses receive mail at individual suites. The Cumberland post office at this location offers both PO Box rentals and city carrier delivery through two routes.
Cumberland sits in Allegany County in western Maryland's Appalachian region. The city has a standard residential ZIP code, 21502, that handles home delivery. ZIP 21501 exists specifically to serve the downtown business core. Residents who work downtown might rent a PO Box here for business mail while receiving personal mail at home through 21502.
This isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Street delivery is available, and businesses can choose between carrier delivery to their Park Street address or a PO Box at the downtown station. The arrangement reflects how older downtown areas sometimes maintain separate postal infrastructure from surrounding residential neighborhoods.
Park Street with unit numbers dominates, indicating multi-tenant commercial buildings.
ZIP Code 21501 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 14 business establishments, employing about 496 people with an annual payroll of $26,324,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 245Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 14Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $6,411,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $26,324,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 496Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 21501 is located in Allegany County, Maryland, within the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 19060) and Maryland's 6th Congressional District. This Micro area has a population of 103,299 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 21501. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Cumberland, MD-WVSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 19060Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MicroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 103,299Source: Census |
| MSA: | Cumberland, MD-WV MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1950.26 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2421325Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Cumberland city; MarylandSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 21501 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 February 1, 2026.