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Washington, DC 20208
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Natl Institute of Educ, DC 20208

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Weather forecast ZIP Code 20208

The 20208 ZIP Code is centered1 in District of Columbia Neighborhood at latitude 38.898 and longitude -77.011 (Panoramio Photos). It is a unique - single entity - type ZIP Code. District of Columbia Neighborhood is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

Washington, DC 20208 Map (Marker is ZIP Code Centroid)

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Washington, DC (1.4 miles W)
LeDroit Park, DC (1.4 miles NNW)
Eckington, DC (1.4 miles N)
Trinidad, DC (1.4 miles ENE)
Bloomingdale, DC (1.4 miles N)
Ivy City, DC (1.9 miles ENE)
Park View, DC (2.4 miles NNW)
Columbia Heights, DC (2.4 miles NNW)
Langdon, DC (2.7 miles NE)
Mount Pleasant, DC (2.7 miles NW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Judiciary Square, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Capitol Hill, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Washington City, DC (< 0.1 mile)
East End, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Stanton Park, DC (< 0.1 mile)
 Truxton Circle, DC (< 0.1 mile)
East Central, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Mount Vernon Square, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Chinatown, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Thomas Circle, DC (1.4 miles WNW)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one Neighborhood and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Neighborhoods.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.