| City: | Elkton, Maryland |
| County: | Cecil County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:03:48 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 410 / 443 / 667 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 39.6067, -75.8339 |
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ZIP code 21922 serves as a PO Box facility for Elkton, Maryland, handling mail exclusively through post office boxes rather than street delivery. The post office maintains 277 PO Boxes for both residential and business customers, with 177 business customers using this location. This concentration of business boxes suggests the facility functions as a mailing address hub for local companies that prefer centralized mail pickup.
The ZIP operates alongside Elkton's standard delivery ZIP code 21921, which provides carrier routes for residential street addresses in the area. Businesses and residents choose 21922 when they want a PO Box rather than street delivery. The facility sits in Cecil County, in Maryland's northeastern corner near the Delaware border. Two streets appear in the postal records for this ZIP: West Main Street accounts for 96 delivery records with unit designations, while Capture Mail Street has a single record. This limited street footprint reflects the PO Box-focused nature of the facility rather than geographic coverage.
The street records reflect a PO Box facility serving customers from a specific commercial corridor rather than a traditional residential delivery zone. West Main Street's 96 records with unit designations suggest multi-tenant office buildings or commercial properties using this location as their mailing address. The minimal street diversity confirms this isn't a geographic ZIP code but rather a postal facility designation.
ZIP Code 21922 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 15 business establishments, employing about 607 people with an annual payroll of $78,465,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 7,993Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 15Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $18,688,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $78,465,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 607Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 21922 is located in Cecil County, Maryland, within the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 37980) and Maryland's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 5,965,343 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 21922, and is subdivided into the Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 37980Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ (CBSA Div 48864)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 5,965,343Source: Census |
| MSA: | Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3977.06 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2425800Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Elkton town; MarylandSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 21922 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.