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href="#Economic_growth_and_modern_development_(1980–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Economic growth and modern development (1980–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economic_growth_and_modern_development_(1980–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> <div 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Veterans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Veterans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Veterans</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Veterans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>In popular culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF" title="جرمانتوون، مریلند – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جرمانتوون، مریلند" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(lungsod_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Maryland)" title="Germantown (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Maryland) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Germantown (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF" title="جرمنتاون، مریلند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جرمنتاون، مریلند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF)" title="جرمن‌تاؤن (مريلند) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="جرمن‌تاؤن (مريلند)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Джермантаун (Мэриленд) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Джермантаун (Мэриленд)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Джермантаун (Мэриленд) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Джермантаун (Мэриленд)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86,_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF" title="جيرمانتاون, ميريلاند – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جيرمانتاون, ميريلاند" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3_(%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E5%B7%9E)" title="ジャーマンタウン (メリーランド州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジャーマンタウン (メリーランド州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Germantown, Maryland" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_(Maryland)" title="Germantown (Maryland) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Germantown (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Џермантаун (Мериленд) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Џермантаун (Мериленд)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Germantown, Maryland" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Джермантаун (Мэриленд) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Джермантаун (Мэриленд)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Germantown, Maryland</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">Census-designated place</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Germantown_Library,_Germantown,_Maryland_LCCN2012630021.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Germantown Library"><img alt="Germantown Library" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Germantown_Library%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland_LCCN2012630021.jpg/250px-Germantown_Library%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland_LCCN2012630021.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="168" class="mw-file-element" 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class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maryland" title="List of counties in Maryland">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">17.12 sq mi (44.35 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">17.03 sq mi (44.12 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.09 sq mi (0.23 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">489 ft (149 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">91,249</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">5,357.19/sq mi (2,068.40/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Eastern_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Eastern Time Zone">Eastern (EST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (EDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">20874, 20875 (PO box only), 20876</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_240_and_301" class="mw-redirect" title="Area codes 240 and 301">301, 240</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">24-32025</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2389836<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Germantown</b> is an urbanized <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated place</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery County, Maryland</a>. With a population of 91,249 as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous community in Maryland, after <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Maryland" title="Columbia, Maryland">Columbia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-QuickFacts_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QuickFacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germantown is located approximately 28 miles (45 km) outside the U.S. capital of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and is an important part of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a>. </p><p>Germantown was founded in the early 19th century by European immigrants, though much of the area's development did not take place until the mid-20th century. The original plan for Germantown divided the area into a downtown and six town villages:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gunners Lake Village, Kingsview Village,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Churchill Village, Middlebrook Village,<sup id="cite_ref-revision_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-revision-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clopper's Mill Village, and Neelsville Village.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Churchill Town Sector at the corner of <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_118" title="Maryland Route 118">Maryland Route 118</a> and Middlebrook Road most closely resembles the center of Germantown because of the location of the Upcounty Regional Services Center, the Germantown Public Library, the Black Rock Arts Center, and pedestrian shopping that features an array of restaurants. Three exits to Interstate 270 [I-270] are less than one mile away, the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Area_Regional_Commuter" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland Area Regional Commuter">Maryland Area Regional Commuter</a> train is within walking distance, and the Germantown Transit Center that provides Ride On shuttle service to the <a href="/wiki/Shady_Grove_station" title="Shady Grove station">Shady Grove station</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Metro" title="Washington Metro">Washington Metro</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Red Line (Washington Metro)">Red Line</a> is also available. </p><p>Germantown has the assigned <a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP codes</a> of 20874 and 20876 for delivery and 20875 for <a href="/wiki/Post_office_box" title="Post office box">post office boxes</a>. It is the only "Germantown, Maryland" recognized by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a>, though three other Maryland counties have unincorporated communities with the same name. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history_(1830–1865)"><span id="Early_history_.281830.E2.80.931865.29"></span>Early history (1830–1865)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history (1830–1865)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1830s and 1840s, the central business area was focused around the intersection of Liberty Mill Road and Clopper Road. Several German immigrants set up shop at the intersection and the town became known as "German Town", even though most residents of the town were of English or Scottish descent.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="American_Civil_War">American Civil War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: American Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maryland,_Germantown._Headquarters_Christian_Commission_in_the_Field._-_NARA_-_533327.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Maryland%2C_Germantown._Headquarters_Christian_Commission_in_the_Field._-_NARA_-_533327.jpg/220px-Maryland%2C_Germantown._Headquarters_Christian_Commission_in_the_Field._-_NARA_-_533327.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Maryland%2C_Germantown._Headquarters_Christian_Commission_in_the_Field._-_NARA_-_533327.jpg/330px-Maryland%2C_Germantown._Headquarters_Christian_Commission_in_the_Field._-_NARA_-_533327.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Maryland%2C_Germantown._Headquarters_Christian_Commission_in_the_Field._-_NARA_-_533327.jpg/440px-Maryland%2C_Germantown._Headquarters_Christian_Commission_in_the_Field._-_NARA_-_533327.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2468" /></a><figcaption>A field headquarters of the U.S. Christian Commission at Germantown in September 1863</figcaption></figure> <p>Although it avoided much of the physical destruction that ravaged other cities in the region, the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> was still a cause of resentment and division among residents of Germantown. Many Germantown residents were <a href="/wiki/Abolitionism" title="Abolitionism">against slavery</a> and had sons fighting for the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a>. In contrast, other residents of Germantown owned slaves, and even those who were not slave-owners had sons fighting for the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate Army</a>. As a result, many people in Germantown, who had been on friendly terms with each other, made an effort not to interact with each other, such as switching churches, or frequenting a store or mill miles away from the ones they would normally do business with.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Late in the summer and fall of 1861, there were more than twenty thousand Union soldiers camped to the west of Germantown, in neighboring <a href="/wiki/Darnestown,_Maryland" title="Darnestown, Maryland">Darnestown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Poolesville,_Maryland" title="Poolesville, Maryland">Poolesville</a>. Occasionally, these soldiers would come to Germantown and frequent the stores there. In September 1862 and in June 1863, several regiments of Union Army soldiers marched north on <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_355" title="Maryland Route 355">Maryland Route 355</a>, on their way to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam" title="Battle of Antietam">battles of Antietam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Gettysburg</a>, respectively. In July 1864, General <a href="/wiki/Jubal_Early" title="Jubal Early">Jubal Early</a> led his army of Confederate soldiers down Maryland Route 355 to attack the Union capital of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> Throughout the course of the war, Confederate raiders would often pass through the Germantown area. Local farmers in the Germantown area lost horses and other livestock to both Union and Confederate armies.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln">Assassination of Abraham Lincoln</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1865, <a href="/wiki/George_Atzerodt" title="George Atzerodt">George Atzerodt</a>, a co-conspirator in the <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Assassination of Abraham Lincoln">assassination</a> of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>, was captured in Germantown. Atzerodt had come to the town with his family from Prussia when he was about nine years old. About five years later, his father moved the family to <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, but Atzerodt still had many friends and relatives in Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-American_Brutus_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American_Brutus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was living in Port Tobacco during the Civil War, and supplementing his meager income as a carriage painter by smuggling people across the Potomac River in a rowboat. This clandestine occupation brought him into contact with <a href="/wiki/John_Surratt" title="John Surratt">John Surratt</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth" title="John Wilkes Booth">John Wilkes Booth</a> and he was drawn into a plot to kidnap President Lincoln. On April 14, 1865, Booth gave Atzerodt a gun and told him that he was to kill <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">U.S. Vice President</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a>, which he refused to do.<sup id="cite_ref-American_Brutus_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American_Brutus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When he found out that Booth had shot Lincoln, Atzerodt panicked and fled to the Germantown farm of his cousin Hartman Richter, on Schaeffer Road near Clopper Road. He was discovered there by soldiers on April 20, six days after the assassination. Atzerodt was tried, convicted and <a href="/wiki/Hanging" title="Hanging">hanged</a> on July 7, 1865, along with co-conspirators <a href="/wiki/Mary_Surratt" title="Mary Surratt">Mary Surratt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Powell_(assassin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Powell (assassin)">Lewis Powell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Herold" title="David Herold">David Herold</a> at <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lesley_J._McNair" title="Fort Lesley J. McNair">Fort McNair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-American_Brutus_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American_Brutus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion_(1865–1950)"><span id="Expansion_.281865.E2.80.931950.29"></span>Expansion (1865–1950)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Expansion (1865–1950)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Germantown did not have a public school until after the end of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. During that time, education was handled at home. In 1868, a one-room schoolhouse was built on <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_118" title="Maryland Route 118">Maryland Route 118</a>, near Black Rock Road, which hosted children from both Germantown and neighboring Darnestown.<sup id="cite_ref-19th_century_history_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19th_century_history-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1883, a larger one-room schoolhouse was built closer to Clopper Road. Another, newer school was constructed in 1910, on what is now the site of Germantown Elementary School.<sup id="cite_ref-19th_century_history_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19th_century_history-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This school had four rooms, with two downstairs and two upstairs, with each room housing two grade levels. After the eighth grade, the students would head via train to nearby Rockville, for further education.<sup id="cite_ref-19th_century_history_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19th_century_history-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Cider_Barrel,_Germantown,_Maryland,_1925.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/The_Cider_Barrel%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_1925.jpg/220px-The_Cider_Barrel%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_1925.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/The_Cider_Barrel%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_1925.jpg/330px-The_Cider_Barrel%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_1925.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/The_Cider_Barrel%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_1925.jpg/440px-The_Cider_Barrel%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_1925.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>The Germantown Cider Barrel in 1925.</figcaption></figure> <p>The wooden structure of the Bowman Brothers Mill fell victim to a fire in 1914. Four years later, the owners were back in business again, selling the mill to the Liberty Milling Company, a brand new corporation. Augustus Selby was the first owner and manager of the new Liberty Mill, which opened in 1918. Electricity was brought into Liberty Mill and also served the homes and businesses nearby, making Germantown the first area in the northern portion of Montgomery County to receive electricity.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1935, professional baseball player <a href="/wiki/Walter_Perry_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Perry Johnson">Walter Perry Johnson</a>, who played as a pitcher for the Washington Senators (now the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>), purchased a farm on what is now the site of <a href="/wiki/Seneca_Valley_High_School" title="Seneca Valley High School">Seneca Valley High School</a>. Used as a dairy farm, Johnson lived there with his five children and his mother (his wife had died), until his death in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-WalterPerryJohnson_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WalterPerryJohnson-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A road near the school was named after him.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>"Feed the Liberty Way" was used as a slogan for Liberty Mill which, with eight silos, became the second largest mill in all of Maryland, supplying flour to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Cornmeal and animal feed were also manufactured at Liberty Mill, and a store at the mill sold specialty mixes, such as pancake and muffin mix.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the Liberty Mill went into disrepair. For over 25 years, the mill continued to deteriorate until it was destroyed by an arsonist on May 30, 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cement silos were removed by the county in 1986 to make way for the MARC Germantown train station commuter parking lot.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development_and_master_plan_(1950–1980)"><span id="Development_and_master_plan_.281950.E2.80.931980.29"></span>Development and master plan (1950–1980)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Development and master plan (1950–1980)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cider_Barrel_in_Germantown,_Maryland_(1966),_by_Dan_Brodt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cider_Barrel_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland_%281966%29%2C_by_Dan_Brodt.jpg/220px-Cider_Barrel_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland_%281966%29%2C_by_Dan_Brodt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cider_Barrel_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland_%281966%29%2C_by_Dan_Brodt.jpg/330px-Cider_Barrel_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland_%281966%29%2C_by_Dan_Brodt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cider_Barrel_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland_%281966%29%2C_by_Dan_Brodt.jpg/440px-Cider_Barrel_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland_%281966%29%2C_by_Dan_Brodt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="529" /></a><figcaption>Cider Barrel in 1966</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 1958, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Atomic_Energy_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Atomic Energy Commission">U.S. Atomic Energy Commission</a> was relocated from its location in downtown <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, to Germantown, which was considered far enough from the city to withstand a <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> nuclear attack.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The facility now operates as an administration complex for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Energy">U.S. Department of Energy</a> and headquarters for its Office of Biological and Environmental Research.<sup id="cite_ref-Biological_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biological-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Marshall Davis owned a farm located where <a href="/wiki/Interstate_270_(Maryland)" title="Interstate 270 (Maryland)">I-270</a> and Germantown Road intersect today.<sup id="cite_ref-once_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-once-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After I-270 divided his farm in two, Davis decided to sell the last of his land to the International Development Corporation for about $1,300 per acre in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-once_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-once-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fairchild-Hiller_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairchild-Hiller Corporation">Fairchild-Hiller Corporation</a> bought the land for about $4,000 per acre in 1964, and it built an industrial park on the land four years later.<sup id="cite_ref-once_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-once-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harry Unglesee and his family sold their farm near Hoyles Mill Road for less than $1,000 per acre in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-once_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-once-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other farmers soon sold their land to developers and speculators as well.<sup id="cite_ref-once_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-once-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Germantown Master Plan was adopted in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-boasts_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boasts-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan for the 17-square-mile (44 km<sup>2</sup>) area included a dense central downtown area and less dense development surrounding it.<sup id="cite_ref-revision_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-revision-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1967, the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Metropolitan_Area_Transit_Authority" title="Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority">Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority</a>, in its planning of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metro" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington metro">Washington metro</a>, considered having Germantown be the western terminus for the <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Red Line (Washington Metro)">Red Line</a>. Ultimately, <a href="/wiki/Shady_Grove_station" title="Shady Grove station">Shady Grove</a> was selected instead.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974, the Montgomery County Council approved an amended plan written by the Montgomery County Planning Board.<sup id="cite_ref-boasts_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boasts-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The amended plan included a downtown area and six separate villages, each comprising smaller neighborhoods with schools, shopping areas, and public facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-revision_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-revision-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The amended plan also included the construction of a third campus for <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College" title="Montgomery College">Montgomery College</a> near the downtown area.<sup id="cite_ref-revision_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-revision-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, the completion of a sewer line helped the development and growth of Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-Sewer_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sewer-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1970s, <a href="/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun" title="Wernher von Braun">Wernher von Braun</a>, a German rocket scientist during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, worked for the aerospace company <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairchild Industries">Fairchild Industries</a>, which had offices in Germantown, as its vice president for Engineering and Development. Von Braun worked at Fairchild Industries from July 1, 1972, until his death on June 16, 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-Braun_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Braun-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10 Thunderbolt">A-10 Thunderbolt</a> and the landing gear of the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> were both designed at these offices.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Germantown Campus of <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College" title="Montgomery College">Montgomery College</a> opened on October 21, 1978. At the time, it consisted of two buildings, 24 employees, and 1,200 students.<sup id="cite_ref-Montgomery_College_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Montgomery_College-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enrollment had increased to five thousand students by 2003, with eighty employees across four buildings. A steel <a href="/wiki/Water_tower" title="Water tower">water tower</a> modeled after the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> can be seen from orbiting satellites in <a href="/wiki/Outer_space" title="Outer space">outer space</a>. As of 2008, a forty-acre bio-technology laboratory was nearing completion.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_growth_and_modern_development_(1980–present)"><span id="Economic_growth_and_modern_development_.281980.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Economic growth and modern development (1980–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economic growth and modern development (1980–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wea02110_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wea02110_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg/220px-Wea02110_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wea02110_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg/330px-Wea02110_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wea02110_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg/440px-Wea02110_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Seneca_Creek_State_Park" title="Seneca Creek State Park">Seneca Creek State Park</a>'s Clopper Lake in October 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the early 1980s, Germantown has experienced rapid economic and population growth, both in the form of townhouses and single-family dwellings, and an urbanized "town center" has been built. Germantown was the fastest growing zip code in the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a> and Maryland in 1986, and the 1980s saw a population growth of 323.3% for Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, the Upcounty Regional Services Center opened in Germantown, and a 16,000 square feet section of the first floor was home to the Germantown Public Library for several years until it moved to a new, 19 million dollar complex in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-RenamedCenter_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RenamedCenter-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GTPL_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GTPL-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 29, 2013, it was renamed as the Sidney Kramer Upcounty Regional Services Center after Sidney Kramer, Montgomery County executive from 1986 to 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-RenamedCenter_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RenamedCenter-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2000, the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_SoccerPlex" title="Maryland SoccerPlex">Maryland SoccerPlex</a> opened in Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-History_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sports complex includes nineteen natural grass fields, three artificial fields, a 5,200 seat soccer stadium with lighting and press box, eight indoor convertible basketball/volleyball courts.<sup id="cite_ref-Soccerplex_Map_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Soccerplex_Map-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two miniature golf courses, a splash park, a driving range, an archery course, community garden, model boat pond, two BMX courses, tennis center, and a swim center are also located within the confines of the complex.<sup id="cite_ref-Soccerplex_Map_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Soccerplex_Map-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The soccerplex was the home of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Spirit" title="Washington Spirit">Washington Spirit</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a> from 2013 to 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-History_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 14, 2002, the <a href="/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks" title="D.C. sniper attacks">D.C. snipers</a> briefly stopped at Milestone Shopping center in Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, one of Germantown's trailer parks, the Cider Barrel Mobile Home Park, closed after decades of operation, having been in business since at least the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-last2close_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-last2close-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this closure, the Barrel building itself was preserved, with a cluster of <a href="/wiki/Apartment#Garden_apartment_(US)" title="Apartment">garden apartments</a> erected near it.<sup id="cite_ref-last2close_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-last2close-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 14, 2011, a <a href="/wiki/7-Eleven" title="7-Eleven">7-Eleven</a> convenience store in downtown Germantown fell victim to a <a href="/wiki/Flash_rob" title="Flash rob">flash mob robbery</a> of nearly forty people.<sup id="cite_ref-FlashMobRob_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FlashMobRob-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The incident garnered widespread attention in the United States and internationally.<sup id="cite_ref-FlashMobRob_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FlashMobRob-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holy Cross Health opened a 237,000-square-foot (22,000 m<sup>2</sup>) hospital on the campus of Montgomery College in October 2014, becoming the first hospital in the U.S. to be built on a community college campus.<sup id="cite_ref-HCH_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCH-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening of the new 93-bed hospital strengthened the college's medical program by giving students the opportunity for hands-on work and access to more advanced medical technology.<sup id="cite_ref-HCH_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCH-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hospital was projected to eventually bring 5,000 new jobs to the area.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2017, Brandi Edinger initiated efforts to <a href="/wiki/Crowdfund" class="mw-redirect" title="Crowdfund">crowdfund</a> the repurposing of the historic Cider Barrel as a bakery via <a href="/wiki/Kickstarter" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a>, but failed to meet the $80,000 goal set.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 1, 2020, it was reported that plans are underway to reopen the Barrel in the spring of that year after it was closed for nearly two decades.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> it had been delayed indefinitely.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the community has a total area of 10.9 sq mi (28.0 km<sup>2</sup>), of which all but 0.039 sq mi (0.1 km<sup>2</sup>) (0.46%) is land. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Germantown lies within the <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> zone (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Cfa</i>), with hot, humid summers, cool winters, and generous precipitation year-round.<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its location above the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Seaboard_fall_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Seaboard fall line">Fall Line</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a> region gives it slightly lower temperatures than cities to the south and east such as <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Summers are hot and humid with frequent afternoon <a href="/wiki/Thunderstorm" title="Thunderstorm">thunderstorms</a>. July is the warmest month, with an average temperature of 86 °F (30.0 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-Averages_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Averages-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Winters are cool but variable, with sporadic snowfall and lighter rain showers of longer duration. January is the coldest month, with an average temperature of 29 °F (−1.7 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-Averages_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Averages-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Average annual rainfall totals 40.36 in (103 cm).<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>9,721</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>41,145</td><td></td><td>323.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>55,419</td><td></td><td>34.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>86,395</td><td></td><td>55.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>91,249</td><td></td><td>5.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-2013_Census_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013_Census-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />2010–2020<sup id="cite_ref-QuickFacts_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QuickFacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of 2013 estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau, Germantown had a population of 90,676.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the census of 2010, there were 86,395 people, and 30,531 households residing in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Census_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Census-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population density was 8,019 inhabitants per square mile (3,096/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the area was 36.3% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">white</a>, 21.8% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 19.7% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.3% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 18.4% of the population. </p><p>There were 20,893 households, out of which 41.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.19. </p><p>In the area, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 43.0% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 3.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in Germantown was $76,061 as of a 2010 estimate by the website, <i>City-Data</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-City_Data_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City_Data-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 6.5% of the population and 3.5% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 5.9% are under the age of 18 and 9.9% are 65 or older.<sup id="cite_ref-City_Data_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City_Data-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, <a href="/wiki/WalletHub" title="WalletHub">WalletHub</a> honored Germantown as the most ethnically diverse city in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Population by race in Germantown, Maryland (2010)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Race</th> <th>Population</th> <th>% of Total </th></tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>86,395</td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">Caucasian</a></td> <td>31,102</td> <td>36.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a></td> <td>18,813</td> <td>21.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a></td> <td>17,001</td> <td>19.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic</a></td> <td>15,879</td> <td>18.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(human_classification)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (human classification)">Other</a></td> <td>258</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(human_classification)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (human classification)">Two or more races</a></td> <td>2,847</td> <td>3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">American Indian</a></td> <td>172</td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mid-Atlantic_Federal_Credit_Union,_Germantown,_Maryland,_May_24,_2014.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Mid-Atlantic_Federal_Credit_Union%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_May_24%2C_2014.JPG/220px-Mid-Atlantic_Federal_Credit_Union%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_May_24%2C_2014.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Mid-Atlantic_Federal_Credit_Union%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_May_24%2C_2014.JPG/330px-Mid-Atlantic_Federal_Credit_Union%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_May_24%2C_2014.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Mid-Atlantic_Federal_Credit_Union%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_May_24%2C_2014.JPG/440px-Mid-Atlantic_Federal_Credit_Union%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_May_24%2C_2014.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3581" data-file-height="2760" /></a><figcaption>The headquarters of the Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union in May 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>Since development began in the late 20th century, Germantown has experienced <a href="/wiki/Economies_of_agglomeration" title="Economies of agglomeration">economies of agglomeration</a>, with many high-tech companies opening headquarters and other offices in Germantown and other areas along the I-270 corridor. <a href="/wiki/Qiagen" title="Qiagen">Qiagen</a> North America, Earth Network Systems Inc., Digital Receiver Technology Inc.,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union, and <a href="/wiki/Hughes_Network_Systems" title="Hughes Network Systems">Hughes Network Systems</a> all have their headquarters in Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the companies headquartered in Germantown, many have offices in the area, including <a href="/wiki/Wabtec" title="Wabtec">Wabtec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viasat_(American_company)" title="Viasat (American company)">Viasat</a>, RADA USA, Mars Symbioscience, Xerox, General Electric Aviation, Earth Networks, <a href="/wiki/WeatherBug" title="WeatherBug">WeatherBug</a>, and Proxy Aviation Systems.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite its size, Germantown has never been incorporated formally as a town or a city. It has no mayor or city council and is thus governed by <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery County</a>. It is now represented by Democrat Marilyn Balcombe in the Montgomery County Council, after being represented by <a href="/wiki/Craig_L._Rice" title="Craig L. Rice">Craig L. Rice</a> from 2010 through 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germantown is part of two districts for the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_General_Assembly" title="Maryland General Assembly">Maryland General Assembly</a>, 15 (ZIP code 20874), and 39 (ZIP code 20876).<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the US Congress, it is part of <a href="/wiki/Maryland%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Maryland's 6th congressional district">Maryland's 6th district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy" title="United States Department of Energy">U.S. Department of Energy</a> has its headquarters for the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-Biological_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biological-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission" title="United States Atomic Energy Commission">U.S. Atomic Energy Commission</a> was moved from its location in downtown <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, to the present-day U.S. Department of Energy building in Germantown because of fears of a <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> nuclear attack on the U.S. capital.<sup id="cite_ref-Nuclear_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nuclear-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, Germantown was believed to be far enough from Washington, D.C., to avoid the worst effects of a nuclear strike on the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Nuclear_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nuclear-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The facility now operates as an administration complex for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Energy">U.S. Department of Energy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spark_Matsunaga_Elementary_School_in_Germantown,_Maryland,_USA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Spark_Matsunaga_Elementary_School_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_USA.jpg/220px-Spark_Matsunaga_Elementary_School_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_USA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Spark_Matsunaga_Elementary_School_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_USA.jpg/330px-Spark_Matsunaga_Elementary_School_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_USA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Spark_Matsunaga_Elementary_School_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_USA.jpg/440px-Spark_Matsunaga_Elementary_School_in_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_USA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Spark Matsunaga Elementary School in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>All the public schools in Germantown are part of the <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Public_Schools_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)">Montgomery County Public Schools</a> (MCPS) system.<sup id="cite_ref-Clusters_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clusters-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The elementary schools in Germantown are Cedar Grove Elementary School, Clopper Mill Elementary School, Fox Chapel Elementary School, Germantown Elementary School, Great Seneca Creek Elementary School, Captain James E. Daly Jr. Elementary School, Lake Seneca Elementary School, Ronald McNair Elementary School, Sally K. Ride Elementary School, Spark Matsunaga Elementary School, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Waters Landing Elementary School, and <a href="/wiki/William_B._Gibbs_Jr." title="William B. Gibbs Jr.">William B. Gibbs Jr.</a> Elementary School.<sup id="cite_ref-Clusters_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clusters-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The four <a href="/wiki/Middle_school" title="Middle school">middle schools</a> are <a href="/wiki/Kingsview_Middle_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsview Middle School">Kingsview Middle School</a>, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Neelsville Middle School, and Roberto W. Clemente Middle School, which feed into three high schools: <a href="/wiki/Northwest_High_School_(Montgomery_County,_Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)">Northwest High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clarksburg_High_School" title="Clarksburg High School">Clarksburg High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seneca_Valley_High_School" title="Seneca Valley High School">Seneca Valley High School</a>. Students from Kingsview move on to Northwest, students from Neelsville move on to Clarksburg while those from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Roberto W. Clemente Middle Schools move on to Seneca Valley High School.<sup id="cite_ref-Clusters_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clusters-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the Longview School, which provides special education services, is located in Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College" title="Montgomery College">Montgomery College</a>, the largest higher education institution in Montgomery County, has its largest campus in Germantown. It is located on Observation Drive not far from the downtown area.<sup id="cite_ref-Montgomery_College_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Montgomery_College-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_090801-N-6914S-065_Members_of_the_U.S._Navy_Band_rock_ensemble,.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/US_Navy_090801-N-6914S-065_Members_of_the_U.S._Navy_Band_rock_ensemble%2C.jpg/220px-US_Navy_090801-N-6914S-065_Members_of_the_U.S._Navy_Band_rock_ensemble%2C.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/US_Navy_090801-N-6914S-065_Members_of_the_U.S._Navy_Band_rock_ensemble%2C.jpg/330px-US_Navy_090801-N-6914S-065_Members_of_the_U.S._Navy_Band_rock_ensemble%2C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/US_Navy_090801-N-6914S-065_Members_of_the_U.S._Navy_Band_rock_ensemble%2C.jpg/440px-US_Navy_090801-N-6914S-065_Members_of_the_U.S._Navy_Band_rock_ensemble%2C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Sailors from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Band" title="United States Navy Band">United States Navy Band</a> perform at the <a href="/wiki/BlackRock_Center_for_the_Arts" title="BlackRock Center for the Arts">BlackRock Center for the Arts</a> in Germantown, Maryland, on August 1, 2009.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/BlackRock_Center_for_the_Arts" title="BlackRock Center for the Arts">BlackRock Center for the Arts</a> is located in the downtown Germantown, at the Germantown Town Center. The BlackRock Center for the Arts also sponsors the Germantown Oktoberfest, an annual festival held every year in the fall, which includes various genres of music, including traditional <a href="/wiki/German_folk_music" class="mw-redirect" title="German folk music">German folk</a>, rock and pop.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Harmony_Express_Men%27s_Chorus" title="Harmony Express Men's Chorus">Harmony Express Men's Chorus</a> is a 4-part <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> men's chorus based in Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The band <a href="/wiki/Clutch_(band)" title="Clutch (band)">Clutch</a> is also from Germantown. Members of the group attended <a href="/wiki/Seneca_Valley_High_School" title="Seneca Valley High School">Seneca Valley High School</a> together, with several members graduating with the Class of 1989. Two years later, in 1991, the band was formed.<sup id="cite_ref-Clutch_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clutch-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Maryland_SoccerPlex" title="Maryland SoccerPlex">Maryland SoccerPlex</a> sports complex is located in Germantown. Maureen Hendrick's Field at Championship Stadium hosts many amateur, collegiate, and regional <a href="/wiki/Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer">soccer</a> and lacrosse tournaments.<sup id="cite_ref-History_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Montgomery County Road Runners Club annually hosts the Riley's Rumble Half Marathon & 8K that starts and finishes in the SoccerPlex.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SoccerPlex formerly hosted the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Spirit" title="Washington Spirit">Washington Spirit</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a>. The Germantown Swim Center is also located within the SoccerPlex. The swim center has hosted many major swimming events including Metros and the 2022 Landmark Conference Swimming & Diving Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_society">Historical society</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Historical society"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Germantown Historical Society (GHS) was formed in 1990 as a non-profit organization with a mission to educate the public about local history and preserve local historic sites.<sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Society_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Society-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GHS office and future museum is located in the historic Germantown Bank (1922) at 19330 Mateny Hill Road, across from the MARC railroad station. The GHS offers lectures on local history and has traveling exhibits about Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Society_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Society-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also sells the books, Liberty Mill T-shirts, and other souvenirs. The main fundraiser for the organization is the Germantown Community Flea Market, held on the first Saturday of the month April through November in the MARC parking lot, Rt. 118 and Bowman Mill Drive, featuring more than 150 vendors.<sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Society_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Society-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Germantown is served by a news and information website known as the <i>Germantown Pulse</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pulse_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pulse-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Germantown Pulse</i> covers a wide range of topics, including sports, schools, crime, music, and other events of note in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-Pulse_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pulse-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, its main website ceased to update by August 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Veterans">Veterans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Veterans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Germantown veterans are served by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, American Legion Post 295.<sup id="cite_ref-Vets_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vets-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American Legion Post 295 sponsors Cub Scout Pack 436, a Venturing Crew and is establishing a Sea Scout Ship. American Legion Boys State and American Legion Baseball have been longtime programs supported by the Post.<sup id="cite_ref-Vets_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vets-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Interstate_270_(northbound),_Germantown,_Maryland,_September_9,_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Interstate_270_%28northbound%29%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_September_9%2C_2013.jpg/220px-Interstate_270_%28northbound%29%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_September_9%2C_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Interstate_270_%28northbound%29%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_September_9%2C_2013.jpg/330px-Interstate_270_%28northbound%29%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_September_9%2C_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Interstate_270_%28northbound%29%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_September_9%2C_2013.jpg/440px-Interstate_270_%28northbound%29%2C_Germantown%2C_Maryland%2C_September_9%2C_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3680" data-file-height="2760" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Interstate_270_(Maryland)" title="Interstate 270 (Maryland)">I-270</a> (northbound) in Germantown</figcaption></figure> <p>Germantown is <a href="/wiki/Bisection" title="Bisection">bisected</a> by <a href="/wiki/Interstate_270_(Maryland)" title="Interstate 270 (Maryland)">I-270</a>, one of Maryland's busiest highways. Northbound traffic heads toward <a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland" title="Frederick, Maryland">Frederick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_70_in_Maryland" title="Interstate 70 in Maryland">I-270</a> and southbound traffic heads toward <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Capital_Beltway" title="Capital Beltway">Capital Beltway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-I-270_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-I-270-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> I-270 has three exits in Germantown.<sup id="cite_ref-I-270_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-I-270-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wea04926_(39992248522).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Wea04926_%2839992248522%29.jpg/220px-Wea04926_%2839992248522%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Wea04926_%2839992248522%29.jpg/330px-Wea04926_%2839992248522%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Wea04926_%2839992248522%29.jpg/440px-Wea04926_%2839992248522%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3612" data-file-height="2032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Germantown_(MARC_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Germantown (MARC station)">Germantown MARC station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Germantown also has a <a href="/wiki/Germantown_(MARC_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Germantown (MARC station)">station</a> on the <a href="/wiki/MARC_train" class="mw-redirect" title="MARC train">MARC train</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Line" title="Brunswick Line">Brunswick Line</a>, which operates over <a href="/wiki/CSX" class="mw-redirect" title="CSX">CSX</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Subdivision" title="Metropolitan Subdivision">Metropolitan Subdivision</a>. The station building itself, at the corner of Liberty Mill Road and Mateny Hill Road, is a copy of the original 1891 structure designed by <a href="/wiki/Ephraim_Francis_Baldwin" title="Ephraim Francis Baldwin">E. Francis Baldwin</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">Baltimore and Ohio Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modern station building was rebuilt after it was destroyed by arson in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Montgomery County public transit bus system, <a href="/wiki/Ride_On_(bus)" title="Ride On (bus)">Ride On</a>, serving Montgomery County with over 100 bus routes, operates a major transit hub in Germantown known as the Germantown Transit Center.<sup id="cite_ref-GTC_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GTC-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The transit center serves approximately 20 routes, making it one of the largest transit centers in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-GTC_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GTC-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, a light rail system, the <a href="/wiki/Corridor_Cities_Transitway" title="Corridor Cities Transitway">Corridor Cities Transitway</a>, is under evaluation. If constructed, the system would connect the terminal of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Red Line (Washington Metro)">Washington Metro Red Line</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shady_Grove_station" title="Shady Grove station">Shady Grove station</a> in nearby <a href="/wiki/Derwood,_Maryland" title="Derwood, Maryland">Derwood</a> to Germantown and continue northward to <a href="/wiki/Clarksburg,_Maryland" title="Clarksburg, Maryland">Clarksburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Germantown is featured in the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Fallout_3" title="Fallout 3">Fallout 3</a></i> (2008). After the town has been destroyed by a nuclear war, 'Germantown Police HQ' subsequently becomes a mutant-run prison camp.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the in-game location name 'Germantown Police HQ' is actually a misnomer. The location is most likely based on the single real-life police station in the town, which is a County Police Station. Sam Fisher, the protagonist of the <i><a href="/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Splinter_Cell" title="Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell">Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell</a></i> video game series, lives on a farm in rural Germantown, according to the novelizations of the series.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Germantown is featured in several episodes of the U.S. television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_X-Files" title="The X-Files">The X-Files</a></i>, notably as a hotbed for biomedical engineering and research, as in reality.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are indeed a handful of biomedical research facilities in the area. The show's creator, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Carter_(screenwriter)" title="Chris Carter (screenwriter)">Chris Carter</a>, stated that he decided to set several episodes in Germantown as his brother used to live in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one or more episodes, Germantown is depicted as being near a wharf or harbor; this is not accurate to the actual area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Members of rock band <a href="/wiki/Clutch_(band)" title="Clutch (band)">Clutch</a>, attended and formed the band at <a href="/wiki/Seneca_Valley_High_School" title="Seneca Valley High School">Seneca Valley High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-Clutch_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clutch-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Heater" title="Danny Heater">Danny Heater</a>, a high school basketball player and single game scoring record holder lived in Germantown<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Members of rock band, <a href="/wiki/Hootie_and_the_Blowfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Hootie and the Blowfish">Hootie and the Blowfish</a>, attended <a href="/wiki/Seneca_Valley_High_School" title="Seneca Valley High School">Seneca Valley High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Perry_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Perry Johnson">Walter Perry Johnson</a>, a professional baseball pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>, lived on a dairy farm in Germantown (where Seneca Valley High School currently stands) with his mother and children, from 1935 to his death in 1946<sup id="cite_ref-WalterPerryJohnson_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WalterPerryJohnson-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mia_Khalifa" title="Mia Khalifa">Mia Khalifa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Pornographic_actress" class="mw-redirect" title="Pornographic actress">pornographic actress</a> and media personality, attended <a href="/wiki/Northwest_High_School_(Montgomery_County,_Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)">Northwest High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-The_Washington_Post_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentagram_(band)" title="Pentagram (band)">Bobby Liebling</a> of doom metal band Pentagram</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Rozhansky" title="Jake Rozhansky">Jake Rozhansky</a> (born 1996), American-Israeli professional soccer player<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Swann" title="Isaiah Swann">Isaiah Swann</a> (born 1985), professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Warren_(PostSecret_founder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Warren (PostSecret founder)">Frank Warren</a>, the founder of <a href="/wiki/PostSecret" title="PostSecret">PostSecret</a><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_D._Williams" title="Harvey D. Williams">Harvey D. Williams</a>, African-American U.S. Army major general; lived in Germantown until his death in 2020<sup id="cite_ref-triangle_tribune_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-triangle_tribune-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germantown,_Maryland&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_24.txt">"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 26,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2020+U.S.+Gazetteer+Files&rft.pub=United+States+Census+Bureau&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.census.gov%2Fgeo%2Fdocs%2Fmaps-data%2Fdata%2Fgazetteer%2F2020_Gazetteer%2F2020_gaz_place_24.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gnis_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gnis_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2389836">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Germantown, Maryland</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-QuickFacts-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-QuickFacts_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-QuickFacts_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/germantowncdpmaryland/POP010220">"QuickFacts: Germantown CDP, Maryland"</a>. 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"Antigrowth Battle Forges Germantown Identity". <i>The Washington Post</i>. p. B1. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.proquest.com/docview/306957084">306957084</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Antigrowth+Battle+Forges+Germantown+Identity&rft.pages=B1&rft.date=1987-12-26&rft.aulast=Meyer&rft.aufirst=Eugene+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-revision-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-revision_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-revision_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-revision_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-revision_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBonner1974" class="citation news cs1">Bonner, Alice (January 9, 1974). 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edens.com/centers/MD/Germantown/Neelsville-Village-Center">the original</a> on August 13, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 12,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Neelsville+Village+Center&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fedens.com%2Fcenters%2FMD%2FGermantown%2FNeelsville-Village-Center&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermantown_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Germantown Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2">"Germantown's History, A Brief Overview"</a>. <i>Germantown Historical Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q>The crossroads became known as "German town" because of the heavy German accents of these people. The name has stuck even though a majority of the land-owners in the area were of English or Scottish descent.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermantown_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Germantown Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2">"Germantown's History, A Brief Overview"</a>. <i>Germantown Historical Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q>The Civil War took a terrible toll on Germantown, not because there was any actual fighting here, but because of the animosities between neighbors that it created. Many of the families of German descent were against slavery and had sons fighting in the Union army. Many of the families of English descent owned slaves and even many who didn't, had sons fighting in the Confederate army. Many people who had formerly been friendly went out of their way to not have to deal with each other, some changing churches, or going to a mill or store miles distant from the one they usually used.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermantown_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Germantown Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2">"Germantown's History, A Brief Overview"</a>. <i>Germantown Historical Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q>In the late summer and fall of 1861 there were more than 20,000 Union soldiers camped to the west of Germantown in the Darnestown and Poolesville areas. Sometimes these soldiers would come to the stores in Germantown. In September, 1862, and June, 1863, many regiments of Union soldiers marched north on Rt. 355 on their way to the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg. In July, 1864, Gen. Jubal Early led his Confederate army down Rt. 355 to attack Washington, D.C. Confederate raiders also came through the area several times during the War. Local farmers lost horses and other livestock to the armies of both sides.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-American_Brutus-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-American_Brutus_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-American_Brutus_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-American_Brutus_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKauffman2004" class="citation book cs1">Kauffman, M. (2004). <i>American Brutus</i>. Random House. pp. 282–284. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-75974-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-75974-3"><bdi>0-375-75974-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Brutus&rft.pages=282-284&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-375-75974-3&rft.aulast=Kauffman&rft.aufirst=M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermantown_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Germantown Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2">"Germantown's History, A Brief Overview"</a>. <i>Germantown Historical Society</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"George Atzerodt: The Reluctant Assassin," The Montgomery County Story, Montgomery County Historical Society, Vol. 58 No. 1, summer 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19th_century_history-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-19th_century_history_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-19th_century_history_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-19th_century_history_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermantown_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Germantown Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2">"Germantown's History, A Brief Overview"</a>. <i>Germantown Historical Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q>There was no public school in Germantown until after the Civil War. Before that time school was held in people's homes. In 1868 there was a one-room school on built on Rt. 118 near Blackrock Road that served the children of both Germantown and Darnestown. In 1883 a larger one-room school was built closer to Clopper Road to teach the children of Germantown. Another new school was built in 1910 on the present site of Germantown Elementary school. This school had four rooms—two downstairs and two upstairs—each room housing two grades. After eighth grade the children rode the train to attend high-school in Rockville.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermantown_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Germantown Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2">"Germantown's History, A Brief Overview"</a>. <i>Germantown Historical Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q>Fire engulfed the old wooden structure of the Bowman Brothers Mill in 1914, but four years later they were in business again and sold the mill to a brand new corporation—the Liberty Milling Company. Augustus Selby was the first owner/manager of the new mill which opened in 1918. Electricity was brought into the mill and also served the homes and businesses nearby, making this the first area in the northern part of the county to get electricity.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WalterPerryJohnson-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WalterPerryJohnson_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WalterPerryJohnson_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermantown_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Germantown Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2">"Germantown's History, A Brief Overview"</a>. <i>Germantown Historical Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q>Johnson bought his dream farm in Germantown in 1935 and lived here with his five children and his mother, his wife having passed away, until his death in 1946. His dairy farm was located where Seneca Valley High School is today. He was elected by the local people to two terms as a County Commissioner.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermantown_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Germantown Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2">"Germantown's History, A Brief Overview"</a>. <i>Germantown Historical Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Feed the Liberty Way" was the slogan for the mill which, with its 8 silos, became the second largest mill in Maryland and supplied flour for the army during World War II. Cornmeal and animal feed were also made at the mill, and a mill store sold specialty mixes like pancake and muffin mix.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermantown_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Germantown Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2">"Germantown's History, A Brief Overview"</a>. <i>Germantown Historical Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q>After the war the mill went into decline, and was burned by arson in 1971.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patch.com/maryland/germantown/the-dawn-of-the-industrial-age-in-germantown">"The Dawn of the Industrial Age in Germantown"</a>. August 25, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Dawn+of+the+Industrial+Age+in+Germantown&rft.date=2011-08-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpatch.com%2Fmaryland%2Fgermantown%2Fthe-dawn-of-the-industrial-age-in-germantown&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090911094925/http://www.er.doe.gov/sc-80/trail/history.htm">"Redirection Page"</a>. <i>U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.er.doe.gov/SC-80/trail/history.htm">the original</a> on September 11, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=U.S.+DOE+Office+of+Science+%28SC%29&rft.atitle=Redirection+Page&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.er.doe.gov%2FSC-80%2Ftrail%2Fhistory.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Biological-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Biological_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biological_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://science.energy.gov/ber/">"U.S. Office of Biological and Environmental Research"</a>. U.S. Department of Energy<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 5,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=U.S.+Office+of+Biological+and+Environmental+Research&rft.pub=U.S.+Department+of+Energy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fscience.energy.gov%2Fber%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-once-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-once_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-once_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-once_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-once_24-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-once_24-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarringer1977" class="citation news cs1">Barringer, Felicity (September 19, 1977). "Once-Rural Germantown Growing Up". <i>The Washington Post</i>. p. A1. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.proquest.com/docview/146738794">146738794</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Once-Rural+Germantown+Growing+Up&rft.pages=A1&rft.date=1977-09-19&rft.aulast=Barringer&rft.aufirst=Felicity&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-boasts-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-boasts_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-boasts_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Germantown Master Plan Boasts a Time Schedule". <i>The Washington Post</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q>The area felt a new surge of energy with the building of interstate 270 in the 1960s. For a while the old and the new mixed as employees of the Atomic Energy Commission (now the Department of Energy) came to the old Germantown store for lunch and Mr. Burdette's cows often had to be cleared from the road. When the sewer line was completed in 1974 building in Germantown began in earnest.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Germantown%27s+History%2C+A+Brief+Overview&rft.au=Germantown+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germantownmdhistory.org%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermantown%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Braun-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Braun_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biography.com/people/wernher-von-braun-9224912">"Wernher von Braun Biography"</a>. A&E Television Networks, LLC<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Germantown, Maryland</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Clarksburg,_Maryland" title="Clarksburg, 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title="Maryland Route 27">MD 27</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Laytonsville,_Maryland" title="Laytonsville, Maryland">Laytonsville</a><br />Brink Road</td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Boyds,_Maryland" title="Boyds, Maryland">Boyds</a><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/MD_Route_117.svg/30px-MD_Route_117.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/MD_Route_117.svg/45px-MD_Route_117.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/MD_Route_117.svg/60px-MD_Route_117.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_117" title="Maryland Route 117">MD 117</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/MD_Route_107.svg/30px-MD_Route_107.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/MD_Route_107.svg/45px-MD_Route_107.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/MD_Route_107.svg/60px-MD_Route_107.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_107" title="Maryland Route 107">MD 107</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Darnestown,_Maryland" title="Darnestown, Maryland">Darnestown</a><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/MD_Route_118.svg/30px-MD_Route_118.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/MD_Route_118.svg/45px-MD_Route_118.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/MD_Route_118.svg/60px-MD_Route_118.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_118" title="Maryland Route 118">MD 118</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Gaithersburg,_Maryland.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Seal_of_Gaithersburg%2C_Maryland.png/25px-Seal_of_Gaithersburg%2C_Maryland.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Seal_of_Gaithersburg%2C_Maryland.png/38px-Seal_of_Gaithersburg%2C_Maryland.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Seal_of_Gaithersburg%2C_Maryland.png/50px-Seal_of_Gaithersburg%2C_Maryland.png 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="322" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/I-270.svg/30px-I-270.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/I-270.svg/45px-I-270.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="width:1%">Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Police_Department" title="Montgomery County Police Department">Montgomery County Police Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Public_Schools_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)">Montgomery County Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service">Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Sheriff%27s_Office_(Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (Maryland)">Montgomery County Sheriff's Office</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img 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Méndez University">Ana G. Méndez University Capital Area Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College" title="Montgomery College">Montgomery College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_Services_University_of_the_Health_Sciences" title="Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences">Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universities_at_Shady_Grove" title="Universities at Shady Grove">Universities at Shady Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Adventist_University" title="Washington Adventist University">Washington Adventist University</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">High schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda-Chevy_Chase_High_School" title="Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School">Bethesda-Chevy Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Blair_High_School" title="Montgomery Blair High School">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hubert_Blake_High_School" title="James Hubert Blake High School">Blake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill_High_School_(Maryland)" title="Winston Churchill High School (Maryland)">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksburg_High_School" title="Clarksburg High School">Clarksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damascus_High_School" title="Damascus High School">Damascus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison_High_School_of_Technology" title="Thomas Edison High School of Technology">Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein_High_School" title="Albert Einstein High School">Einstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg_High_School" title="Gaithersburg High School">Gaithersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Johnson_High_School" title="Walter Johnson High School">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_High_School_(Montgomery_County,_Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Col._Zadok_Magruder_High_School" title="Col. Zadok Magruder High School">Magruder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_High_School_(Montgomery_County,_Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)">Northwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood_High_School_(Maryland)" title="Northwood High School (Maryland)">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paint_Branch_High_School" title="Paint Branch High School">Paint Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poolesville_High_School" title="Poolesville High School">Poolesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quince_Orchard_High_School" title="Quince Orchard High School">Quince Orchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Montgomery_High_School" title="Richard Montgomery High School">Richard Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville_High_School_(Maryland)" title="Rockville High School (Maryland)">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seneca_Valley_High_School" title="Seneca Valley High School">Seneca Valley</a></li> <li><a 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School">Brookewood School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Bosco_Cristo_Rey_High_School" title="Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School">Cristo Rey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Preparatory_School" title="Georgetown Preparatory School">Georgetown Prep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Good_Counsel_High_School_(Montgomery_County,_Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)">Good Counsel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Avalon_School" title="The Avalon School">The Avalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Heights_School_(Maryland)" title="The Heights School (Maryland)">The Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connelly_School_of_the_Holy_Child" title="Connelly School of the Holy Child">Holy Child</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="Academy of the Holy Cross">Holy Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_Christian_School" title="Montrose Christian School">Montrose Christian</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%;background:#960018;color:#ffffff;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Cities</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Maryland_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/180px-Map_of_Maryland_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="94" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Chevy Chase (town), Maryland">Chevy Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_View,_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase View, Maryland">Chevy Chase View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_Village,_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase Village, Maryland">Chevy Chase Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrett_Park,_Maryland" title="Garrett Park, Maryland">Garrett Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Echo,_Maryland" title="Glen Echo, Maryland">Glen Echo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington,_Maryland" title="Kensington, Maryland">Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laytonsville,_Maryland" title="Laytonsville, Maryland">Laytonsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poolesville,_Maryland" title="Poolesville, Maryland">Poolesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset,_Maryland" title="Somerset, Maryland">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Grove,_Maryland" title="Washington Grove, Maryland">Washington Grove</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#960018;color:#ffffff;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_incorporated_places_in_Maryland#Villages_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of incorporated places in Maryland"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Villages &<br /> Special Tax Districts</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_Section_Three,_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase Section Three, Maryland">Chevy Chase Section Three</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_Section_Five,_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase Section Five, Maryland">Chevy Chase Section Five</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drummond,_Maryland" title="Drummond, Maryland">Drummond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship_Village,_Maryland#Village_of_Friendship_Heights" class="mw-redirect" title="Friendship Village, Maryland">Friendship Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin%27s_Additions,_Maryland" title="Martin's Additions, Maryland">Martin's Additions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Chevy_Chase,_Maryland" title="North Chevy Chase, Maryland">North Chevy Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakmont,_Maryland" title="Oakmont, Maryland">Oakmont</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#960018;color:#ffffff;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place"><span style="color:#ffffff;">CDPs</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashton-Sandy_Spring,_Maryland" title="Ashton-Sandy Spring, Maryland">Ashton-Sandy Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspen_Hill,_Maryland" title="Aspen Hill, Maryland">Aspen Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookmont,_Maryland" title="Brookmont, Maryland">Brookmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnt_Mills,_Maryland" title="Burnt Mills, Maryland">Burnt Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burtonsville,_Maryland" title="Burtonsville, Maryland">Burtonsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabin_John,_Maryland" title="Cabin John, Maryland">Cabin John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calverton,_Maryland" title="Calverton, Maryland">Calverton</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_(CDP),_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase (CDP), Maryland">Chevy Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksburg,_Maryland" title="Clarksburg, Maryland">Clarksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloverly,_Maryland" title="Cloverly, Maryland">Cloverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colesville,_Maryland" title="Colesville, Maryland">Colesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damascus,_Maryland" title="Damascus, Maryland">Damascus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darnestown,_Maryland" title="Darnestown, Maryland">Darnestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derwood,_Maryland" title="Derwood, Maryland">Derwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairland,_Maryland" title="Fairland, Maryland">Fairland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flower_Hill,_Maryland" title="Flower Hill, Maryland">Flower Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Glen,_Maryland" title="Forest Glen, Maryland">Forest Glen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Corners,_Maryland" title="Four Corners, Maryland">Four Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship_Heights_Village,_Maryland" title="Friendship Heights Village, Maryland">Friendship Heights Village</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenmont,_Maryland" title="Glenmont, Maryland">Glenmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillandale,_Maryland" title="Hillandale, Maryland">Hillandale</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemp_Mill,_Maryland" title="Kemp Mill, Maryland">Kemp Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Layhill,_Maryland" title="Layhill, Maryland">Layhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leisure_World,_Maryland" title="Leisure World, Maryland">Leisure World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Village,_Maryland" title="Montgomery Village, Maryland">Montgomery Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bethesda,_Maryland" title="North Bethesda, Maryland">North Bethesda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Kensington,_Maryland" title="North Kensington, Maryland">North Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Potomac,_Maryland" title="North Potomac, Maryland">North Potomac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olney,_Maryland" title="Olney, Maryland">Olney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potomac,_Maryland" title="Potomac, Maryland">Potomac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redland,_Maryland" title="Redland, Maryland">Redland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Kensington,_Maryland" title="South Kensington, Maryland">South Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencerville,_Maryland" title="Spencerville, Maryland">Spencerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Mile_Creek,_Maryland" title="Ten Mile Creek, Maryland">Ten Mile Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travilah,_Maryland" title="Travilah, Maryland">Travilah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheaton,_Maryland" title="Wheaton, Maryland">Wheaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Oak,_Maryland" title="White Oak, Maryland">White Oak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#960018;color:#ffffff;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Other<br />communities</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashton,_Maryland" title="Ashton, Maryland">Ashton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beallsville,_Maryland" title="Beallsville, Maryland">Beallsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyds,_Maryland" title="Boyds, Maryland">Boyds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brinklow,_Maryland" title="Brinklow, Maryland">Brinklow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carderock,_Maryland" title="Carderock, Maryland">Carderock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase,_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase, Maryland">Chevy Chase (area)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comus,_Maryland" title="Comus, Maryland">Comus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawsonville,_Maryland" title="Dawsonville, Maryland">Dawsonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickerson,_Maryland" title="Dickerson, Maryland">Dickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ednor,_Maryland" title="Ednor, Maryland">Ednor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairview,_Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Fairview, Montgomery County, Maryland">Fairview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Glen_Park,_Maryland" title="Forest Glen Park, Maryland">Forest Glen Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyattstown,_Maryland" title="Hyattstown, Maryland">Hyattstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentlands,_Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Kentlands, Gaithersburg, Maryland">Kentlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norbeck,_Maryland" title="Norbeck, Maryland">Norbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood,_Maryland" title="Norwood, Maryland">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quince_Orchard,_Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Quince Orchard, Gaithersburg, Maryland">Quince Orchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland,_Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Scotland, Montgomery County, Maryland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seneca,_Maryland" title="Seneca, Maryland">Seneca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Spring,_Maryland" title="Sandy Spring, Maryland">Sandy Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shady_Grove,_Maryland" title="Shady Grove, Maryland">Shady Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Forest,_Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Sherwood Forest, Montgomery County, Maryland">Sherwood Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson%27s_Corner,_Maryland" title="Thompson's Corner, Maryland">Thompson's Corner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Principal cities (and <br /> city-like entities)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maryland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland" title="Frederick, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowie,_Maryland" title="Bowie, Maryland">Bowie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Virginia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reston,_Virginia" title="Reston, Virginia">Reston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">District of Columbia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Counties (and <br /> county equivalents)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maryland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calvert_County,_Maryland" title="Calvert County, Maryland">Calvert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_County,_Maryland" title="Charles County, Maryland">Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Maryland" title="Frederick County, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Virginia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, City of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County,_Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia">Culpeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax, City of</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia" title="Falls Church, Virginia">Falls Church, City of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia">Fauquier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County,_Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia">Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manassas,_Virginia" title="Manassas, Virginia">Manassas, City of</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manassas_Park,_Virginia" title="Manassas Park, Virginia">Manassas Park, City of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_County,_Virginia" title="Rappahannock County, Virginia">Rappahannock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Spotsylvania County, Virginia">Spotsylvania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg, City of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Virginia" title="Warren County, Virginia">Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">District of Columbia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> itself</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other outlying areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia">Jefferson County, West Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore%E2%80%93Washington_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area">Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area</a> (CSA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">The District of Columbia itself, and <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent city (Virginia)">Virginia's incorporated cities</a>, are <a href="/wiki/County-equivalent" class="mw-redirect" title="County-equivalent">county equivalents</a>. Virginia's incorporated cities are listed under their surrounding county. The incorporated cities bordering more than one county (<a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia" title="Falls Church, Virginia">Falls Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg</a>) are listed under the county they were part of before incorporation as a city. Some <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated areas">unincorporated areas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated places</a> like <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a> in Maryland, <a href="/wiki/Reston,_Virginia" title="Reston, Virginia">Reston</a> in Virginia, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">County of Arlington</a> in Virginia are also treated as city-like entities (or principal cities) even though they have not been legally incorporated as such.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="State_of_Maryland" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Maryland" title="Template:Maryland"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Maryland" title="Template talk:Maryland"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Maryland" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Maryland"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="State_of_Maryland" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a> of <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis</a></b> (capital)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Maryland" title="Outline of Maryland">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Maryland-related_articles" title="Index of Maryland-related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Maryland" title="List of municipalities in Maryland">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Maryland" title="Government of Maryland">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland%27s_congressional_districts" title="Maryland's congressional districts">Congressional delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maryland_congressional_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Maryland congressional districts">Congressional maps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Maryland" title="History of Maryland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Maryland" title="Category:Mass media in Maryland">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Maryland" title="List of newspapers in Maryland">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Maryland" title="List of radio stations in Maryland">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Maryland" title="List of television stations in Maryland">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Maryland" title="List of people from Maryland">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maryland_state_symbols" title="List of Maryland state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Maryland" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Maryland">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Maryland" title="Abortion in Maryland">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Maryland" title="African Americans in Maryland">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Maryland" title="Agriculture in Maryland">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Maryland" title="Climate change in Maryland">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of Maryland">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Maryland" title="Crime in Maryland">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland#Demographics" title="Maryland">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Economy_of_Maryland" title="Category:Economy of Maryland">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland#Education" title="Maryland">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Maryland" title="Gun laws in Maryland">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Maryland">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Maryland">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Maryland">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Maryland" title="Sports in Maryland">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Maryland" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic coastal plain">Atlantic coastal plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley" title="Cumberland Valley">Cumberland Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delmarva_Peninsula" title="Delmarva Peninsula">Delmarva Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland" title="Eastern Shore of Maryland">Eastern Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge and Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Maryland" title="Southern Maryland">Southern Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tidewater_(region)" title="Tidewater (region)">Tidewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_combined_statistical_area" title="Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area">Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_metropolitan_area" title="Baltimore metropolitan area">Baltimore metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Maryland" title="Western Maryland">Western Maryland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Maryland" title="List of municipalities in Maryland">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen,_Maryland" title="Aberdeen, Maryland">Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowie,_Maryland" title="Bowie, Maryland">Bowie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Maryland" title="Brunswick, Maryland">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Maryland" title="Cambridge, Maryland">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Park,_Maryland" title="College Park, Maryland">College Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Maryland" title="Cumberland, Maryland">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland" title="Frederick, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenbelt,_Maryland" title="Greenbelt, Maryland">Greenbelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown,_Maryland" title="Hagerstown, Maryland">Hagerstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havre_de_Grace,_Maryland" title="Havre de Grace, Maryland">Havre de Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel,_Maryland" title="Laurel, Maryland">Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocomoke_City,_Maryland" title="Pocomoke City, Maryland">Pocomoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Maryland" title="Westminster, Maryland">Westminster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Maryland" title="List of municipalities in Maryland">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bel_Air,_Harford_County,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland">Bel Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton,_Maryland" title="Denton, Maryland">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Maryland" title="Easton, Maryland">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkton,_Maryland" title="Elkton, Maryland">Elkton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardtown,_Maryland" title="Leonardtown, Maryland">Leonardtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_City,_Maryland" title="Ocean City, Maryland">Ocean City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Deposit,_Maryland" title="Port Deposit, Maryland">Port Deposit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Marlboro,_Maryland" title="Upper Marlboro, Maryland">Upper Marlboro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_census-designated_places_in_Maryland" title="List of census-designated places in Maryland">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arbutus,_Maryland" title="Arbutus, Maryland">Arbutus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold,_Maryland" title="Arnold, Maryland">Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspen_Hill,_Maryland" title="Aspen Hill, Maryland">Aspen Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Highlands,_Maryland" title="Baltimore Highlands, Maryland">Baltimore Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Springs,_Maryland" title="Camp Springs, Maryland">Camp Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carney,_Maryland" title="Carney, Maryland">Carney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catonsville,_Maryland" title="Catonsville, Maryland">Catonsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chillum,_Maryland" title="Chillum, Maryland">Chillum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Maryland" title="Clinton, Maryland">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockeysville,_Maryland" title="Cockeysville, Maryland">Cockeysville-Hunt Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colesville,_Maryland" title="Colesville, Maryland">Colesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Maryland" title="Columbia, Maryland">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crofton,_Maryland" title="Crofton, Maryland">Crofton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundalk,_Maryland" title="Dundalk, Maryland">Dundalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewood,_Maryland" title="Edgewood, Maryland">Edgewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldersburg,_Maryland" title="Eldersburg, Maryland">Eldersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkridge,_Maryland" title="Elkridge, Maryland">Elkridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellicott_City,_Maryland" title="Ellicott City, Maryland">Ellicott City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex,_Maryland" title="Essex, Maryland">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairland,_Maryland" title="Fairland, Maryland">Fairland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferndale,_Maryland" title="Ferndale, Maryland">Ferndale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Washington,_Maryland" title="Fort Washington, Maryland">Fort Washington</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Burnie,_Maryland" title="Glen Burnie, Maryland">Glen Burnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Haven,_Maryland" title="Green Haven, Maryland">Green Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillcrest_Heights,_Maryland" title="Hillcrest Heights, Maryland">Hillcrest Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langley_Park,_Maryland" title="Langley Park, Maryland">Langley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanham,_Maryland" title="Lanham, Maryland">Lanham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lansdowne,_Maryland" title="Lansdowne, Maryland">Lansdowne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochearn,_Maryland" title="Lochearn, Maryland">Lochearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutherville,_Maryland" title="Lutherville, Maryland">Lutherville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_River,_Maryland" title="Middle River, Maryland">Middle River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford_Mill,_Maryland" title="Milford Mill, Maryland">Milford Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Village,_Maryland" title="Montgomery Village, Maryland">Montgomery Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odenton,_Maryland" title="Odenton, Maryland">Odenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olney,_Maryland" title="Olney, Maryland">Olney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owings_Mills,_Maryland" title="Owings Mills, Maryland">Owings Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxon_Hill,_Maryland" title="Oxon Hill, Maryland">Oxon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkville,_Maryland" title="Parkville, Maryland">Parkville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_Maryland" title="Pasadena, Maryland">Pasadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Hall,_Maryland" title="Perry Hall, 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