ZIP Code 20859

20859 is one of Maryland's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Potomac, Montgomery County.

City: Potomac
County: Montgomery County
State: Maryland
Prefix: 208xx

Where this code sits

20859 is part of the 208xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Potomac is served by 2 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Potomac page.

Potomac Maryland ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 20859 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

ZIP codes nearest 20859

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 20859.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 20813	0.0 mi	Bethesda, MD
ZIP code 20827	0.0 mi	Bethesda, MD
ZIP code 20848	0.0 mi	Rockville, MD
ZIP code 20875	0.0 mi	Germantown, MD
ZIP code 20884	0.0 mi	Gaithersburg, MD
ZIP code 20889	0.0 mi	Bethesda, MD
ZIP code 20894	0.0 mi	Bethesda, MD
ZIP code 20897	0.0 mi	Suburb Maryland Fac, 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 20859, plotted from its record coordinates.

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

Scope ZIP code 20859. 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.