ZIP Code 20742

20742 is one of Maryland's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in College Park, Prince George's County.

City

College Park

County

Prince George's County

State

Maryland

Prefix

207xx

Where this code sits

20742 is part of the 207xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. College Park is served by 3 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the College Park page.

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 20742 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

ZIP codes nearest 20742

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 20742.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 20740	1.0 mi	College Park, MD
ZIP code 20788	1.4 mi	Hyattsville, MD
ZIP code 20783	1.6 mi	Hyattsville, MD
ZIP code 20787	2.0 mi	Hyattsville, MD
ZIP code 20782	2.0 mi	Hyattsville, MD
ZIP code 20903	2.5 mi	Silver Spring, MD
ZIP code 20737	2.6 mi	Riverdale, MD
ZIP code 20781	2.8 mi	Hyattsville, MD

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 20742, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 20742. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.