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Watertown, MA 02472
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The 02472 ZIP Code is centered1 in Middlesex County at latitude 42.371 and longitude -71.18 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Middlesex County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 02472 was 32,986 with 15,008 housing units; a land area land area of 4.11 sq. miles; a water area of 0.05 sq. miles; and a population density of 8,025.66 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Watertown, MA (< 0.1 mile)
East Watertown, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Payson Park, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Waverley, MA (1.4 miles N)
Mount Auburn, MA (1.4 miles E)
Bemis, MA (1.4 miles W)
Nonantum, MA (1.4 miles WSW)
Newton Corner, MA (1.4 miles SW)
Faneuil, MA (1.4 miles SE)
Brighton, MA (1.9 miles SE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

North Village, MA (1.4 miles WSW)
Strawberry Hill, MA (1.4 miles ENE)
Larchwood, MA (1.9 miles ENE)
Coolidge Hill, MA (1.9 miles E)
Cedar Hill Camp, MA (2.4 miles NW)
Huron Village, MA (2.4 miles ENE)
Avon Hill, MA (3.1 miles ENE)
Sutherland Woods, MA (3.6 miles NNW)
Fuller Heights, MA (5.5 miles NNW)
Idylwide, MA (5.6 miles NW)

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  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County 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 Counties.
  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.