| City: | Parcel Return Service, District of Columbia |
| City Alias: | Prs |
| Names to Avoid: | Parcel Return Svc |
| County: | District Of Columbia County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:21:02 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | -- |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 0.0000, 0.0000 |
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ZIP code 56983 serves USPS Parcel Return Service (PRS), a specialized mail processing operation for handling commercial return shipments. Assigned in April 2022, this designation routes return parcels to processing facilities in Washington, D.C. PRS functions as a business-to-business service available only through Negotiated Service Agreements with the USPS, allowing high-volume mailers to consolidate returned merchandise at designated postal facilities.
The Brentwood-Langdon area of Northeast Washington hosts this postal operation. No residential population exists within this ZIP, as it serves purely as a mail routing designation rather than a geographic delivery zone. Businesses using PRS benefit from streamlined returns processing, with parcels routed directly to their designated collection points rather than through standard postal channels. Valid mailing addresses use either "Parcel Return Service" or the abbreviation "PRS" as the city name.
ZIP Code 56983 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: 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 56983 is located in District Of Columbia County, District of Columbia, within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 47900) and District of Columbia's 98th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 6,263,796 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 56983, 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: | 98Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 61.40 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | 2022-04Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 56983 is in due to a lack of coordinates for this location. Please check back soon as this will be updated once coordinates are determined. 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.