| City: | Bethlehem, Maryland |
| County: | Caroline County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:23:37 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 410 / 667 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 38.7343, -75.9463 |
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Bethlehem is a tiny crossroads community in Caroline County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The post office sits on Dover Bridge Road and serves a handful of rural residents who can't get mail any other way. This is a PO Box Only Zone, meaning there's no street delivery available anywhere in the area.
The Bethlehem post office maintains just 17 PO Boxes and serves 9 business delivery points. It's one of the smallest post offices still operating in Maryland. Because this ZIP doesn't have its own geographic territory, it exists as a point location within the larger ZIP 21655 (Preston). Residents who live nearby but outside the Bethlehem post office's immediate service area get their mail through Preston instead.
General Delivery service is available here, which matters for transient residents or those without a permanent address. The single rural route that operates from this post office (R001) provides limited delivery to addresses on Dover Bridge Road. For most people in this area, picking up mail at the post office window or from a PO Box is the only option.
The only street in this ZIP is Dover Bridge Road, the rural route on which the post office is located.
ZIP Code 21609 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: | 25Source: 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 21609 is located in Caroline County, Maryland, within the Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA ) and Maryland's 1st Congressional District. This area has a population of 0 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 21609. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
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| CBSA Population: | 0Source: Census |
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| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3977.06 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
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We could not locate which school district 21609 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.