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id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-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 Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Top_employers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_employers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Top employers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_employers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics_and_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics_and_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Politics and government</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Politics_and_government-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 Politics and government subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Politics_and_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-County_executives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#County_executives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>County executives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-County_executives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legislative_body" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legislative_body"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Legislative body</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legislative_body-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Law_enforcement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Law_enforcement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Law enforcement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Law_enforcement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-County_police" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#County_police"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1</span> <span>County police</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-County_police-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-County_sheriff's_office" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#County_sheriff's_office"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.2</span> <span>County sheriff's office</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-County_sheriff's_office-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_agencies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_agencies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.3</span> <span>Other agencies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_agencies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Budget" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Budget"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Budget</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Budget-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bi-county_agencies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bi-county_agencies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Bi-county agencies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bi-county_agencies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-LGBTIQ+_bill_of_rights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#LGBTIQ+_bill_of_rights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>LGBTIQ+ bill of rights</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-LGBTIQ+_bill_of_rights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Liquor_control" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Liquor_control"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7</span> <span>Liquor control</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Liquor_control-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-History_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7.1</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_elected_positions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_elected_positions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.8</span> <span>Other elected positions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_elected_positions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_representation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_representation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.9</span> <span>State representation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_representation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Federal_representation" 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Roads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Major_highways_and_roads" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_highways_and_roads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1</span> <span>Major highways and roads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_highways_and_roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Bus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Education-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 Education subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Montgomery_County_Public_Schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Montgomery_County_Public_Schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Montgomery County Public Schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Montgomery_County_Public_Schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Montgomery_College" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Montgomery_College"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Montgomery College</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Montgomery_College-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Montgomery_County_Public_Libraries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Montgomery_County_Public_Libraries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Montgomery County Public Libraries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Montgomery_County_Public_Libraries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li 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Available in 51 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-51" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">51 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF)" title="مقاطعة مونتغومري (ماريلاند) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة مونتغومري (ماريلاند)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montqomeri_qrafl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_(Merilend)" title="Montqomeri qraflığı (Merilend) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Montqomeri qraflığı (Merilend)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_K%C5%ABn_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery Kūn (Maryland) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Montgomery Kūn (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-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Монтгомъри (окръг, Мериленд) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Монтгомъри (окръг, Мериленд)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Montgomery County, Maryland" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_de_Montgomery_(Maryland)" title="Comtat de Montgomery (Maryland) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Comtat de Montgomery (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/Montgomery_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Maryland)" title="Montgomery County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Maryland) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Montgomery County (kondado 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-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Montgomery County, Maryland" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County (Maryland) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Montgomery County (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_maakond_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery maakond (Maryland) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Montgomery maakond (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9_(%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84)" title="Κομητεία Μοντγκόμερι (Μέριλαντ) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Μοντγκόμερι (Μέριλαντ)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Montgomery_(Maryland)" title="Condado de Montgomery (Maryland) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Montgomery (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Montgomery_(Marilando)" title="Kantono Montgomery (Marilando) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Montgomery (Marilando)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_konderria_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery konderria (Maryland) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Montgomery konderria (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%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF" title="شهرستان مانتگامری، مریلند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان مانتگامری، 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/Comt%C3%A9_de_Montgomery_(Maryland)" title="Comté de Montgomery (Maryland) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Montgomery (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%BD%EA%B3%A0%EB%A9%94%EB%A6%AC%EA%B5%B0_(%EB%A9%94%EB%A6%B4%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C%EC%A3%BC)" title="몽고메리군 (메릴랜드주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="몽고메리군 (메릴랜드주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%A3%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A4)" title="Մոնտգոմերի շրջան (Մերիլենդ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մոնտգոմերի շրջան (Մերիլենդ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1" title="মন্টগোমেরী কাউন্টি, মেরিল্যান্ড – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মন্টগোমেরী কাউন্টি, মেরিল্যান্ড" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Montgomery,_Maryland" title="County Montgomery, Maryland – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="County Montgomery, Maryland" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B4,_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Монтгомери (зылд, Мэриленд) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Монтгомери (зылд, Мэриленд)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery-s%C3%BDsla_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery-sýsla (Maryland) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Montgomery-sýsla (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Montgomery_(Maryland)" title="Contea di Montgomery (Maryland) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Montgomery (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konteth_Montgomery,_Tir_Maria" title="Konteth Montgomery, Tir Maria – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Konteth Montgomery, Tir Maria" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_megye_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery megye (Maryland) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Montgomery megye (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80,_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%A1" title="माँटगोमरी काउंटी, मेरीलँड – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="माँटगोमरी काउंटी, मेरीलँड" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_G%C3%B4ng_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery Gông (Maryland) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Montgomery Gông (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County (Maryland) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Montgomery County (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%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E5%B7%9E)" title="モンゴメリー郡 (メリーランド州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="モンゴメリー郡 (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-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Монтгомери (гуо, Мэриленд) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Монтгомери (гуо, Мэриленд)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County (Maryland) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Montgomery County (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County (Maryland) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Montgomery County (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%B9%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88" title="مونٹگومری کاؤنٹی، میری لینڈ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مونٹگومری کاؤنٹی، میری لینڈ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County (Maryland) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Montgomery County (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Montgomery_(Maryland)" title="Hrabstwo Montgomery (Maryland) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Montgomery (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/Condado_de_Montgomery_(Maryland)" title="Condado de Montgomery (Maryland) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Montgomery (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Montgomery,_Maryland" title="Comitatul Montgomery, Maryland – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Montgomery, Maryland" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Монтгомери (округ, Мэриленд) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Монтгомери (округ, Мэриленд)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County (Maryland) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Montgomery County (Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Montgomery County, 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-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Округ Монтгомери (Мериленд) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Округ Монтгомери (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/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Montgomery County, 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-fi mw-list-item"><a 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Montgomery County, Maryland</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">County of Montgomery<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid white;width:270px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:2px 0 0 2px"><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Intersection_in_Bethesda,_Maryland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Intersection_in_Bethesda%2C_Maryland.jpg/270px-Intersection_in_Bethesda%2C_Maryland.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="84" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Potomac_River_-_Great_Falls_25.jpg/201px-Potomac_River_-_Great_Falls_25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Potomac_River_-_Great_Falls_25.jpg/268px-Potomac_River_-_Great_Falls_25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3036" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1101_Spring_Street_-_Silver_Spring,_Maryland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1101_Spring_Street_-_Silver_Spring%2C_Maryland.jpg/134px-1101_Spring_Street_-_Silver_Spring%2C_Maryland.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1101_Spring_Street_-_Silver_Spring%2C_Maryland.jpg/201px-1101_Spring_Street_-_Silver_Spring%2C_Maryland.jpg 1.5x, 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/></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Billy_Goat_B_Trail_8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Billy_Goat_B_Trail_8.jpg/134px-Billy_Goat_B_Trail_8.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Billy_Goat_B_Trail_8.jpg/201px-Billy_Goat_B_Trail_8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Billy_Goat_B_Trail_8.jpg/268px-Billy_Goat_B_Trail_8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4352" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Darnestown,_MD_farm_panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Darnestown%2C_MD_farm_panorama.jpg/270px-Darnestown%2C_MD_farm_panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Darnestown%2C_MD_farm_panorama.jpg/405px-Darnestown%2C_MD_farm_panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Darnestown%2C_MD_farm_panorama.jpg/540px-Darnestown%2C_MD_farm_panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6020" data-file-height="1300" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div style="font-size:95%">Clockwise: Downtown <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a>, Spring Street in <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a>, Billy Goat B Trail, rural <a href="/wiki/Darnestown,_Maryland" title="Darnestown, Maryland">Darnestown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a> town center, Great Falls on the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Montgomery County, Maryland"><img alt="Flag of Montgomery County, Maryland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/100px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/150px-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/200px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Flag of Montgomery County, Maryland">Flag</a></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Montgomery County, Maryland"><img alt="Official seal of Montgomery County, Maryland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Seal_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/100px-Seal_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Seal_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/150px-Seal_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Seal_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/200px-Seal_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="983" data-file-height="983" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Montgomery County, Maryland"><img alt="Coat of arms of Montgomery County, Maryland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Coat_of_arms_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/89px-Coat_of_arms_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="89" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Coat_of_arms_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/133px-Coat_of_arms_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Coat_of_arms_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/178px-Coat_of_arms_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="495" data-file-height="557" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._county_and_city_insignia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. county and city insignia">Coat of arms</a></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Montgomery County, Maryland"><img alt="Official logo of Montgomery County, Maryland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Emblem_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/100px-Emblem_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Emblem_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/150px-Emblem_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Emblem_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/200px-Emblem_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._county_and_city_insignia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. county and city insignia">Emblem</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"MoCo"</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Gardez Bien</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(English: <span lang="en">Watch Well</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Maryland_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in the U.S. state of Maryland"><img alt="Location in the U.S. state of Maryland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Maryland_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/250px-Map_of_Maryland_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Maryland_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/375px-Map_of_Maryland_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Maryland_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/500px-Map_of_Maryland_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1929" data-file-height="1009" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&params=39.13638_N_77.20424_W_type:adm2nd_region:US-MD"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°08′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°12′15″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.13638°N 77.20424°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.13638; -77.20424</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-geoNames_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geoNames-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" 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/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest community</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">September 6, 1776<sup id="cite_ref-cent_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cent-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-proceedings_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proceedings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Montgomery" title="Richard Montgomery">Richard Montgomery</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marc_Elrich" title="Marc Elrich">Marc Elrich</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">506.91 sq mi (1,312.89 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">493.11 sq mi (1,277.15 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">13.80 sq mi (35.74 km<sup>2</sup>)</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" 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">1,062,061 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Neutral increase"><img alt="Neutral increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/11px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/17px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/22px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="346" /></span></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (November 2,024)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Montgomery_County_Maryland#misuse_of_fluctuation_template" title="Talk:Montgomery County Maryland">discuss</a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,153.80/sq mi (831.59/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonyms</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Montgomery Countyan, MoCoite</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Gross Domestic Product<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-bea.gov_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bea.gov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$106.7 billion (2022)</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%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−05:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a> [EST])</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%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−04:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">20812–20918</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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6th congressional district">6th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Maryland's 8th congressional district">8th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/">www<wbr />.montgomerycountymd<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Montgomery County</b> is the most populous <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> in the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the county's population was 1,062,061, increasing by 9.3% from 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown</a> is the most populous place in the county.<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> The county is adjoined to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, the nation's capital, and is part of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_combined_statistical_area" title="Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area">Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area</a>. Most of the county's residents live in <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Incorporated_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporated city">incorporated cities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The average household income in Montgomery County is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States" title="List of highest-income counties in the United States">20th-highest among U.S. counties</a> as of 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county has the highest percentage (29.2%) of residents over 25 years of age who hold <a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">post-graduate degrees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like other counties in the Washington metropolitan area, the county has several <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. government</a> offices, <a href="/wiki/Scientific_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientific research">scientific research</a> and learning centers, and business campuses.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> The <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Flag of Montgomery County, Maryland">county flag</a> used from May 3, 1944, to October 5, 1976</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The Maryland state legislature named Montgomery County after <a href="/wiki/Richard_Montgomery" title="Richard Montgomery">Richard Montgomery</a>; the county was created from lands that had at one point or another been part of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Maryland" title="Frederick County, Maryland">Frederick County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 6, 1776,<sup id="cite_ref-cent_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cent-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sprigg_Wootton" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Sprigg Wootton">Thomas Sprigg Wootton</a> from Rockville, Maryland, introduced legislation, while serving at the Maryland Constitutional Convention, to create lower Frederick County as Montgomery County. The name, Montgomery County, along with the founding of Washington County, Maryland, after <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, was the first time in American history that counties and provinces in the <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a> were not named after British referents. </p><p>The name use of Montgomery and Washington County were seen as further defiance to <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. The county's nickname of "MoCo" is derived from "<b>Mo</b>ntgomery <b>Co</b>unty",<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in use as early as 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county's motto, adopted in 1976, is "Gardez Bien", a <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> phrase meaning "Watch Well". The county's motto is also the motto of its namesake's family.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="History of Montgomery County, Maryland">History of Montgomery County, Maryland</a></div> <p>Prior to 1688, the first tract of land in what is now Montgomery County was granted by <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Charter" title="Charter">charter</a> to the <a href="/wiki/George_Calvert,_1st_Baron_Baltimore" title="George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore">first Lord Baltimore</a>, the head of the Calvert family. The county's creation was a focus of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Wootton" title="Thomas S. Wootton">Thomas S. Wootton</a> who, on August 31, 1776, introduced a measure to form a new county from <a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Maryland" title="Frederick County, Maryland">Frederick County, Maryland</a> to aid area residents in simplifying their business affairs. 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href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:35.029%;left:19.312%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Clarke"><img alt="Clarke" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:2px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.411%;left:53.594%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Fairfax"><img alt="Fairfax" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:2px"><div><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:51.711%;left:54.795%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Fairfax County"><img alt="Fairfax County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:2px"><div><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax County</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.707%;left:60.162%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Falls Church"><img alt="Falls Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:2px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia" title="Falls Church, Virginia">Falls Church</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.889%;left:28.676%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Fauquier"><img alt="Fauquier" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:2px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia">Fauquier</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.755%;left:37.054%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Loudoun"><img alt="Loudoun" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:2px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County,_Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia">Loudoun</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.232%;left:45.117%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Manassas"><img alt="Manassas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:2px"><div><a href="/wiki/Manassas,_Virginia" title="Manassas, Virginia">Manassas</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.958%;left:46.243%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Manassas Park"><img alt="Manassas Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 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href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:89.102%;left:36.561%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Spotsylvania"><img alt="Spotsylvania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:2px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Spotsylvania County, Virginia">Spotsylvania</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:75.872%;left:46.417%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Stafford"><img alt="Stafford" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:2px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia">Stafford</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:82.094%;left:45.393%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Fredericksburg"><img alt="Fredericksburg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:2px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:47.11%;left:8.963%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Warren"><img alt="Warren" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:2px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Virginia" title="Warren County, Virginia">Warren</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.809%;left:67.787%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Washington"><img alt="Washington" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:2px"><div><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:24.1%;left:26.212%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Jefferson"><img alt="Jefferson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/2px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/3px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/4px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:2px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_West_Virginia" title="Jefferson County, West Virginia">Jefferson</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Washington_Metropolitan_Area_location_map.svg" title="File:USA Washington Metropolitan Area location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington–Arlington –Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV metropolitan statistical area</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 507 square miles (1,310 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 491 square miles (1,270 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 16 square miles (41 km<sup>2</sup>) (3.1%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Montgomery County lies entirely inside the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Piedmont plateau">Piedmont plateau</a>. The topography is generally rolling. Elevations range from a low of near sea level along the Potomac River to about 875 feet in the northernmost portion of the county north of Damascus. Relief between valley bottoms and hilltops is several hundred feet. Earthquakes are rare; the most recent one, on June 24, 2024, had a 1.8 magnitude and was centered near <a href="/wiki/Spencerville,_Maryland" title="Spencerville, Maryland">Spencerville, Maryland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Montgomery County was created in 1776, its boundaries were defined as "beginning at the east side of the mouth of <a href="/wiki/Rock_Creek_(Potomac_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Creek (Potomac River)">Rock Creek</a> on <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac river</a> [sic], and running with the said river to the mouth of <a href="/wiki/Monocacy_River" title="Monocacy River">Monocacy</a>, then with a straight line to Par's spring, from thence with the lines of the county to the beginning".<sup id="cite_ref-proceedings_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proceedings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county's boundary forms a sliver of land at the far northern tip of the county that is several miles long and averages less than 200 yards wide. In fact, a single house on Lakeview Drive and its yard is sectioned by this sliver into three portions, each separately contained within Montgomery, Frederick and Howard counties. These jurisdictions and Carroll County meet at a single point at Parr's Spring on <a href="/wiki/Parr%27s_Ridge" title="Parr's Ridge">Parr's Ridge</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Maryland" title="Frederick County, Maryland">Frederick County</a> (northwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Maryland" title="Carroll County, Maryland">Carroll County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Maryland" title="Howard County, Maryland">Howard County</a> (northeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's County</a> (southeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax County, Virginia</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County,_Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia">Loudoun County, Virginia</a> (west)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_areas">National protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal_National_Historical_Park" title="Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park">Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clara_Barton_National_Historic_Site" title="Clara Barton National Historic Site">Clara Barton National Historic Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Memorial_Parkway" title="George Washington Memorial Parkway">George Washington Memorial Parkway</a> (part)</li></ul> <p>    </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Montgomery County lies within the northern portions of the <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a>. It has four distinct seasons, including hot, humid summers and cool winters. </p><p>Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with an average of 43 inches (110 cm) of rainfall.<sup id="cite_ref-rockvilleweather_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockvilleweather-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thunderstorms are common during the summer months, and account for the majority of the average 35 days with thunder per year. Heavy precipitation is most common in summer thunderstorms, but drought periods are more likely during these months because summer precipitation is more variable than winter. </p><p>The mean annual temperature is 55 °F (13 °C). The average summer (June–July–August) afternoon maximum is about 85 °F (29 °C) while the morning minimums average 66 °F (19 °C). In winter (December–January–February), these averages are 44 °F (7 °C) and 28 °F (−2 °C). Extreme heat waves can raise readings to around and slightly above 100 °F (38 °C), and arctic blasts can drop lows to −10 °F (−23 °C) to 0 °F (−18 °C). For <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a>, the record high is 105 °F (41 °C) in 1954, while the record low is −13 °F (−25 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-rockvilleweather_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockvilleweather-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lower elevations in the south, such as <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a>, receive an average of 17.5 inches (44 cm) of snowfall per year.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Higher elevations in the north, such as <a href="/wiki/Damascus,_Maryland" title="Damascus, Maryland">Damascus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receive an average of 21.3 inches (54 cm) of snowfall per year.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a particularly snowy winter, Damascus received 79 inches (200 cm) during the 2009–2010 season.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<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=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=7" 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/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>18,003</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>15,058</td><td></td><td>−16.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>17,980</td><td></td><td>19.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>16,400</td><td></td><td>−8.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>19,816</td><td></td><td>20.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>15,456</td><td></td><td>−22.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>15,860</td><td></td><td>2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>18,322</td><td></td><td>15.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>20,563</td><td></td><td>12.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>24,759</td><td></td><td>20.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>27,185</td><td></td><td>9.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>30,451</td><td></td><td>12.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>32,089</td><td></td><td>5.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>34,921</td><td></td><td>8.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>49,206</td><td></td><td>40.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>83,912</td><td></td><td>70.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>164,401</td><td></td><td>95.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>340,928</td><td></td><td>107.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>522,809</td><td></td><td>53.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>579,053</td><td></td><td>10.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>757,027</td><td></td><td>30.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>873,341</td><td></td><td>15.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>971,777</td><td></td><td>11.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>1,062,061</td><td></td><td>9.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">1,058,474</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>−0.3%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790–1960<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900–1990<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990–2000<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Since the 1970s, the county has had in place a Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit (MPDU) <a href="/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States" title="Zoning in the United States">zoning</a> plan that requires developers to include <a href="/wiki/Affordable_housing" title="Affordable housing">affordable housing</a> in any new residential developments that they construct in the county. The goal is to create socioeconomically mixed neighborhoods and schools so the rich and poor are not isolated in separate parts of the county. Developers who provide for more than the minimum amount of MPDUs are rewarded with permission to increase the density of their developments, which allows them to build more housing and generate more <a href="/wiki/Revenue" title="Revenue">revenue</a>. Montgomery County was one of the first counties in the U.S. to adopt such a plan, but many other areas have since followed suit. </p><p>Montgomery County is by far one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse counties in the United States; four of the ten most culturally diverse cities and towns in the U.S. are in Montgomery County: <a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a>, ranking second; <a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown</a>, ranking third; <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a>, ranking fourth; and <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a>, ranking ninth. Gaithersburg, Germantown, and Silver Spring all rank as more culturally diverse than <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maryland overall is one of six minority-majority states, and the only minority-majority state on the East Coast.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Montgomery County, Maryland – racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop. 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop. 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>478,765 </td> <td>430,980 </td> <td>49.27% </td> <td>40.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>161,689 </td> <td>192,714 </td> <td>16.64% </td> <td>18.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>1,580 </td> <td>1,377 </td> <td>0.16% </td> <td>0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>134,677 </td> <td>162,472 </td> <td>13.86% </td> <td>15.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>427 </td> <td>440 </td> <td>0.04% </td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Some other race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>3,617 </td> <td>8,589 </td> <td>0.37% </td> <td>0.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed-race or multi-racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>25,624 </td> <td>48,080 </td> <td>2.64% </td> <td>4.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>165,398 </td> <td>217,409 </td> <td>17.02% </td> <td>20.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>971,777</b> </td> <td><b>1,062,061</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 United States census</a>, there were 971,777 people, 357,086 households, and 244,898 families living in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp1_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population density was 1,978.2 inhabitants per square mile (763.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 375,905 housing units at an average density of 765.2 per square mile (295.4/km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-census-density_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-density-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The racial makeup of the county was 57.5% White, 17.2% Black or African American, 13.9% Asian, 0.4% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 7.0% from other races, and 4.0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 17.0% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp1_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In terms of ancestry, 10.7% were <a href="/wiki/German_Americans" title="German Americans">German</a>, 9.6% were <a href="/wiki/Irish_Americans" title="Irish Americans">Irish</a>, 7.9% were <a href="/wiki/English_Americans" title="English Americans">English</a>, 4.9% were <a href="/wiki/Italian_Americans" title="Italian Americans">Italian</a>, 3.5% were <a href="/wiki/Russian_Americans" title="Russian Americans">Russian</a>, 3.1% were <a href="/wiki/Polish_Americans" title="Polish Americans">Polish</a>, 2.9% were <a href="/wiki/American_ancestry" title="American ancestry">American</a> and 2% were <a href="/wiki/French_Americans" title="French Americans">French</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People of <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central American</a> descent made up 8.1% of Montgomery County, with <a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_Americans" title="Salvadoran Americans">Salvadoran Americans</a> constituting 5.4% of the county's population. Over 52,000 people of Salvadoran descent lived in Montgomery County, with Salvadoran Americans comprising approximately 32% of the county's Hispanic and Latino population. People of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South American</a> descent make up 3.8% of the county, with <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Americans" title="Peruvian Americans">Peruvian Americans</a> being the largest South American community, constituting 1.2% of the county's population.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 357,086 households, 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.4% were non-families, and 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.22. The median age was 38.5 years.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp1_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $93,373 and the median income for a family was $111,737. Males had a median income of $71,841 versus $55,431 for females. The per capita income for the county was $47,310. About 4.0% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-census-dp3_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-dp3-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 United States census</a>, there were 873,058 people living in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">racial makeup</a> of the county was 65.0% white, 15.1% Black or African American, 11.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 5.0% from other races, and 3.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 11.5% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 324,565 households, of which 35% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. Of all households, 24.4% were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.19. </p><p>25.4% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males. </p><p>In 2000, there were 334,632 housing units at an average density of 675 per square mile (261/km<sup>2</sup>). </p><p>Montgomery County has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States" title="List of highest-income counties in the United States">tenth-highest</a> <a href="/wiki/Median_household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Median household income">median household income</a> in the United States, and the second highest in the state after <a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Maryland" title="Howard County, Maryland">Howard County</a> as of 2011. The median household income in 2007 was $89,284 and the median family income was $106,093. Males had a median income of $66,415 versus $52,134 for females. The per capita income for the county was $43,073. About 3.3% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Of Montgomery County's residents, 14% are <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholic</a>, 5% are <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>, 3% are <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a>, 1% are <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a>, 1% are <a href="/wiki/Episcopalian" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopalian">Episcopalian</a>, 1% are part of the <a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saint movement</a>, 1% are <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a>, 6% are of another <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_States" title="Christianity in the United States">Christian</a> faith, 3% are <a href="/wiki/Jewish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish American">Jewish</a>, 1% follows <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, and 1% are of an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_religions" title="Eastern religions">eastern faith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-montgomeryreligion_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-montgomeryreligion-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, 41% of the county's residents are <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States" title="Religion in the United States">affiliated with a religion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-montgomeryreligion_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-montgomeryreligion-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Montgomery County was named the most religiously diverse county in the United States in 2023 by the <a href="/wiki/Public_Religion_Research_Institute" title="Public Religion Research Institute">Public Religion Research Institute</a>'s census.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Counties were given a diversity index between 0 and 1, with 0 signifying no diversity, and 1 signifying complete diversity. Montgomery County earned a .886, higher than the national average of .615. </p><p>Montgomery County has the largest Jewish population in the state of Maryland, accounting for 45% of Maryland Jews. According to the <a href="/wiki/Berman_Jewish_DataBank" class="mw-redirect" title="Berman Jewish DataBank">Berman Jewish DataBank</a>, Montgomery County has a Jewish population of 105,400 people, around 10% of the county's population.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a>, with 295,500 Jews, has become the third-largest Jewish population in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2020, Montgomery County is home to 776 religious congregations.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Montgomery County is an important business and research center. It is the epicenter for <a href="/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">biotechnology</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a> region. Montgomery County, as third largest biotechnology cluster in the U.S., holds a large cluster and companies of large corporate size within the state. <a href="/wiki/Biomedical_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Biomedical research">Biomedical research</a> is carried out by institutions including <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a>'s Montgomery County Campus (JHU MCC), and the <a href="/wiki/Howard_Hughes_Medical_Institute" title="Howard Hughes Medical Institute">Howard Hughes Medical Institute</a> (HHMI). Federal government agencies in Montgomery County engaged in related work include the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration</a> (FDA), the <a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health" title="National Institutes of Health">National Institutes of Health</a> (NIH), the <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> (USUHS), and the <a href="/wiki/Walter_Reed_Army_Institute_of_Research" title="Walter Reed Army Institute of Research">Walter Reed Army Institute of Research</a>. </p><p>Many large firms are based in the county, including <a href="/wiki/Coventry_Health_Care" title="Coventry Health Care">Coventry Health Care</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin" title="Lockheed Martin">Lockheed Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marriott_International" title="Marriott International">Marriott International</a>, <a href="/wiki/Host_Hotels_%26_Resorts" title="Host Hotels & Resorts">Host Hotels & Resorts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travel_Channel" title="Travel Channel">Travel Channel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ritz-Carlton" class="mw-redirect" title="Ritz-Carlton">Ritz-Carlton</a>, Robert Louis Johnson Companies (<a href="/wiki/RLJ_Companies" title="RLJ Companies">RLJ Companies</a>), <a href="/wiki/Choice_Hotels" title="Choice Hotels">Choice Hotels</a>, <a href="/wiki/MedImmune" title="MedImmune">MedImmune</a>, <a href="/wiki/TV_One_(American_TV_channel)" title="TV One (American TV channel)">TV One</a>, <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Inc." title="BAE Systems Inc.">BAE Systems Inc.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hughes_Network_Systems" title="Hughes Network Systems">Hughes Network Systems</a> and <a href="/wiki/GEICO" title="GEICO">GEICO</a>. </p><p>Other U.S. federal government agencies based in the county include the <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a> (NOAA), <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission" title="Nuclear Regulatory Commission">Nuclear Regulatory Commission</a> (NRC), <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Energy">U.S. Department of Energy</a> (DOE), the <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" title="National Institute of Standards and Technology">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> (NIST), the <a href="/wiki/Walter_Reed_National_Military_Medical_Center" title="Walter Reed National Military Medical Center">Walter Reed National Military Medical Center</a> (WRNMMC), and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Consumer_Product_Safety_Commission" title="U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission">U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission</a> (CPSC). </p><p>Downtown <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a> are the largest urban business hubs in the county; combined, they rival many major city cores. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_employers">Top employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Top employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the county's <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_annual_financial_report" class="mw-redirect" title="Comprehensive annual financial report">comprehensive annual financial reports</a>, the top employers by number of employees in the county are the following. "NR" indicates the employer was not ranked among the top ten employers that year. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Employer </th> <th>Employees<br />(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-cafr-2021_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cafr-2021-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-employees_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-employees-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Employees<br />(2014)<sup id="cite_ref-CAFR2014_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAFR2014-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Employees<br />(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-CAFR2011_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAFR2011-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Employees<br />(2005)<sup id="cite_ref-CAFR2014_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAFR2014-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a> </td> <td align="right">27,500 </td> <td align="right">28,500 </td> <td align="right">29,700 </td> <td align="right">38,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Public_Schools_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)">Montgomery County Public Schools</a> </td> <td align="right">27,500 </td> <td align="right">25,429 </td> <td align="right">22,016 </td> <td align="right">20,987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Montgomery County Government </td> <td align="right">12,500 </td> <td align="right">10,815 </td> <td align="right">8,849 </td> <td align="right">8,272 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">U.S. Department of Defense</a> </td> <td align="right">7,500 </td> <td align="right">12,000 </td> <td align="right">12,690 </td> <td align="right">13,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shady_Grove_Adventist_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Shady Grove Adventist Hospital">Adventist Healthcare</a> </td> <td align="right">7,500 </td> <td align="right">4,900 </td> <td align="right">5,310 </td> <td align="right">6,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_Hospital_(Silver_Spring)" title="Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring)">Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring</a> </td> <td align="right">3,750 </td> <td align="right">3,400 </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marriott_International" title="Marriott International">Marriott International Administrative Services</a> </td> <td align="right">3,750 </td> <td align="right">4,700 </td> <td align="right">5,441 </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College" title="Montgomery College">Montgomery College</a> </td> <td align="right">3,750 </td> <td align="right">3,632 </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/GEICO" title="GEICO">GEICO</a> </td> <td align="right">3,750 </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">U.S. Department of Commerce</a> </td> <td align="right">3,750 </td> <td align="right">5,500 </td> <td align="right">8,250 </td> <td align="right">6,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin" title="Lockheed Martin">Lockheed Martin</a> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right">4,000 </td> <td align="right">4,745 </td> <td align="right">3,900 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission" title="Nuclear Regulatory Commission">Nuclear Regulatory Commission</a> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right">3,840 </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Giant-Landover" class="mw-redirect" title="Giant-Landover">Giant</a> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right">3,842 </td> <td align="right">4,900 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Verizon_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Communications">Verizon</a> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right">3,292 </td> <td align="right">4,700 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_Bank" title="Chevy Chase Bank">Chevy Chase Bank</a> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right"><abbr title="not ranked among the top ten employers this year">NR</abbr> </td> <td align="right">4,700 </td></tr></tbody></table> <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 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The figure shown in this table is the average of the range given.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_and_government">Politics and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Politics and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Montgomery County Council</div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">Unicameral</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Term limits</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3 consecutive terms</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Montgomery County Board of Commissioners</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Council President</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Andrew Friedson, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of Maryland">Democratic</a> <br />since December 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Council Vice President</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Kate Stewart, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of Maryland">Democratic</a> <br />since December 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Montgomery_County_Council_2023.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Montgomery_County_Council_2023.svg/250px-Montgomery_County_Council_2023.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Montgomery_County_Council_2023.svg/375px-Montgomery_County_Council_2023.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Montgomery_County_Council_2023.svg/500px-Montgomery_County_Council_2023.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Majority (11)</b> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#3333FF; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (11)</span></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Committees</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Audit</li> <li>Economic Development (ECON)</li> <li>Education & Culture (EC)</li> <li>Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO)</li> <li>Heath and Human Services (HHS)</li> <li>Planning, Housing & Parks (PHP)</li> <li>Public Safety (PS)</li> <li>Transportation & Environment (TE)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Full council elected every 4 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Authority</th><td class="infobox-data">Article I, Charter of Montgomery County</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Council President: $154,408.18/year</li> <li>Councilmembers: $140,371.07/year<sup id="cite_ref-About_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post" class="mw-redirect" title="First-past-the-post">First-past-the-post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">November 3, 1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">November 8, 2022</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">November 3, 2026</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Redistricting</th><td class="infobox-data">Recommendations by the legislature-appointed commission, approval by legislature.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Motto</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Gardez Bien</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(English: <span lang="en">Watch Well</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Stella B. Werner Council Office Building</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council">Council Website</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Constitution</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/montgomerycounty/latest/montgomeryco_md/0-0-0-158">Charter</a><sup id="cite_ref-Charter_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charter-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Rules</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/news/Video_Clips/rulesofprocedure.html">Rules of Proceduce</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rules_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rules-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Montgomery County was granted a charter form of government in 1948. </p><p>The present <a href="/wiki/County_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="County Executive">County Executive</a>/<a href="/wiki/County_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="County Council">County Council</a> form of government of Montgomery County dates to November 1968 when the voters changed the form of government from a <a href="/wiki/County_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="County Commission">County Commission</a>/<a href="/wiki/County_executive" title="County executive">County Manager</a> system, as provided in the original 1948 home rule Charter. The County Commission/County Manager system was seen as inadequate for the growing population of the county who wanted more services assistance and accountability from the government.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Montgomery County government had a surplus of $654<span class="nowrap"> </span>million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-cafr-2021_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cafr-2021-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_executives">County executives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: County executives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The office of the county executive was established in 1970. The first executive was James P. Gleason. The current executive is Marc Elrich, who was sworn in for his first term on December 3, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>County Executive </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Party </th> <th valign="bottom">Hometown </th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;">Term </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23">  </td> <td>1st </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_P._Gleason" title="James P. Gleason">James Gleason</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1970–1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Gilchrist" title="Charles W. Gilchrist">Charles Gilchrist</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a><sup id="cite_ref-orig_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orig-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1978–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>3rd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Kramer" title="Sidney Kramer">Sidney Kramer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a><sup id="cite_ref-orig_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orig-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1986–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>4th </td> <td>Neal Potter </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabin_John,_Maryland" title="Cabin John, Maryland">Cabin John</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1990–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>5th </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Duncan" title="Doug Duncan">Doug Duncan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1994–2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>6th </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ike_Leggett" title="Ike Leggett">Ike Leggett</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burtonsville,_Maryland" title="Burtonsville, Maryland">Burtonsville</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2006–2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>7th </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marc_Elrich" title="Marc Elrich">Marc Elrich</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2018– </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_body">Legislative body</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Legislative body"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Montgomery_County_Council_(Maryland)" title="List of members of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland)">List of members of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland)</a></div></dd></dl> <p>The County Council is the <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislative</a> branch of Montgomery County. It has <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Montgomery_County_Council_(Maryland)" title="List of members of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland)">eleven members</a> who serve four-year terms. All are elected at the same time by the voters of Montgomery County.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of January 2023, all 11 members on the council are Democrats. The council meets weekly at the county seat of Rockville—the 6th Floor of the Stella B. Werner Council Office Building.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The members of the County Council as of 2023 are:<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>County Council </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Name </th> <th valign="bottom">Affiliation </th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;">District </th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom; test-aligh:center;">Neighborhoods </th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;">First elected </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>President </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Friedson" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Friedson">Andrew Friedson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Member </td> <td>Marilyn Balcombe </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Germantown, Clarksburg, Darnestown, Poolesville </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sidney_A._Katz" title="Sidney A. Katz">Sidney A. Katz</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Gaithersburg, Rockville </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Vice President </td> <td>Kate Stewart </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Downtown Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Kensington, North Bethesda, Garrett Park, North Chevy Chase </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Member </td> <td>Kristin Mink </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Burtonsville, Four Corners, Cloverly </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Member </td> <td>Natali Fani-González </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Wheaton, Glenmont, Aspen Hill, Derwood, Forest Glen Park </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Member </td> <td>Dawn Luedtke </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Damascus, Ashton, Laytonsville, Olney, Montgomery Village </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Albornoz" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabe Albornoz">Gabe Albornoz</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">At-large </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Entire county </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evan_Glass" class="mw-redirect" title="Evan Glass">Evan Glass</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">At-large </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Entire county </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Will_Jawando" title="Will Jawando">Will Jawando</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">At-large </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Entire county </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF">  </td> <td>Member </td> <td>Laurie-Anne Sayles </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">At-large </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Entire county </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The most recent Republican serving on the Montgomery County Council, Howard A. Denis of District 1 (Potomac/Bethesda), lost re-election in 2006. Since then, all Council members have been Democrats. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="County_police">County police</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: County police"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Police_Department_(Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomery County Police Department (Maryland)">Montgomery County Police Department</a> (MCPD) provides the full spectrum of policing services to the entire county. It was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg, Maryland</a>. It consists of around 1,300 sworn officers and 650 support personnel, split into 6 districts throughout the county.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The department also provides assistance to other nearby departments, such as the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Department_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia">Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County_Police_Department" title="Prince George's County Police Department">Prince George's County Police Department</a>, if requested. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="County_sheriff's_office"><span id="County_sheriff.27s_office"></span>County sheriff's office</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: County sheriff's office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is a <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Accreditation_for_Law_Enforcement_Agencies" title="Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies">nationally accredited</a> U.S. law enforcement agency and acts as the enforcement arm of the courts in the county. All of its deputy sheriffs are fully <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Police_and_Correctional_Training_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission">certified</a> law enforcement officials with full authority of arrest. The office was created in July 1777 and is the oldest law enforcement agency in Montgomery County.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville, Maryland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was nationally accredited in 1995, the first county sheriff's office in Maryland to be so. The MCSO has authorized over 165 employees consisting of sworn law enforcement officers and civilian support staff.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The office is headed by the sheriff, who has been elected every four years since the 1920s. The current Sheriff is Maxwell C. Uy (D), elected in 2022. Uy is the 62nd Sheriff and the first <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian American</a> to hold that office.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_agencies">Other agencies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Other agencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several cities including Rockville and Gaithersburg maintain their own police departments to complement MCPD. Maryland State Police patrol <a href="/wiki/I-495_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="I-495 in Maryland">the Beltway</a> and <a href="/wiki/I-270_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="I-270 in Maryland">I-270</a>, and they assist county and city police in investigation of some major crimes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budget">Budget</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Budget"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Montgomery County has a budget of $2.3 billion. Approximately $1.48 billion are invested in Montgomery County Public Schools and $128 million in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College" title="Montgomery College">Montgomery College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bi-county_agencies">Bi-county agencies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bi-county agencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Montgomery and <a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's</a> counties share a bi-county planning and parks agency in the <a href="/wiki/Maryland-National_Capital_Park_and_Planning_Commission" title="Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission">Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission</a> (M-NCPPC) and a public bi-county water and sewer utility in the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Suburban_Sanitary_Commission" title="Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission">Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission</a> (WSSC).<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. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBTIQ+_bill_of_rights"><span id="LGBTIQ.2B_bill_of_rights"></span>LGBTIQ+ bill of rights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: LGBTIQ+ bill of rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2020, the Montgomery County Council unanimously passed an <a href="/wiki/Local_ordinance" title="Local ordinance">ordinance</a> that implemented an LGBTIQ+ bill of rights.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liquor_control">Liquor control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Liquor control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Department_of_Liquor_Control" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control">Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control</a></div> <p>Montgomery County is an <a href="/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage_control_state" title="Alcoholic beverage control state">alcoholic beverage control</a> county. Beer and wine may also be sold in private stores. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History_2">History</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 1964, only three restaurants in the county had liquor licenses to serve liquor by the drink.<sup id="cite_ref-search.proquest.com_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-search.proquest.com-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county stopped issuing liquor licenses to all other restaurants under a law that had existed since <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-liquor_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liquor-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following a voter referendum,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> restaurants and bars could apply for county permits to sell liquor by the drink.<sup id="cite_ref-liquor_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liquor-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Dry_town" class="mw-redirect" title="Dry town">dry towns</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kensington,_Maryland" title="Kensington, Maryland">Kensington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poolesville,_Maryland" title="Poolesville, Maryland">Poolesville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park</a> were allowed to keep their own bans in place.<sup id="cite_ref-liquor_78-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liquor-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anchor Inn in <a href="/wiki/Wheaton,_Maryland" title="Wheaton, Maryland">Wheaton</a> was the first establishment to serve liquor in the county under the new law.<sup id="cite_ref-search.proquest.com_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-search.proquest.com-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_elected_positions">Other elected positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Other elected positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 24 judges of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Circuit_Courts" title="Maryland Circuit Courts">Circuit Court</a> for Montgomery County, who are appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">Governor</a> and elected by the voters to 15 year terms. James A. Bonifant has served as the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_law_judge" title="Administrative law judge">County Administrative Judge</a> since 2021. Karen A. Bushell (D) was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Court_clerk" title="Court clerk">Clerk of the Circuit Court</a> in 2021, and was elected to a full term in 2022. Joseph M. Griffin (D) has served as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Register_of_Wills&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Register of Wills (page does not exist)">Register of Wills</a> since 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John J. McCarthy (D) has served as the <a href="/wiki/State%27s_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="State's Attorney">State's Attorney</a> since 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_representation">State representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: State representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_House_of_Delegates" title="Maryland House of Delegates">Maryland House of Delegates</a>, Montgomery County is in districts 9A, represented by <a href="/wiki/Chao_Wu_(politician)" title="Chao Wu (politician)">Chao Wu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Ziegler" title="Natalie Ziegler">Natalie Ziegler</a>; 14, represented by <a href="/wiki/Bernice_Mireku-North" title="Bernice Mireku-North">Bernice Mireku-North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pamela_E._Queen" title="Pamela E. Queen">Pamela E. Queen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anne_Kaiser" title="Anne Kaiser">Anne Kaiser</a>; 15, represented by <a href="/wiki/David_Fraser-Hidalgo" title="David Fraser-Hidalgo">David Fraser-Hidalgo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Qi" title="Lily Qi">Lily Qi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Linda_Foley" title="Linda Foley">Linda Foley</a>; 16, represented by <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Wolek" title="Sarah Wolek">Sarah Siddiqui Wolek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teresa_Saavedra_Woorman" title="Teresa Saavedra Woorman">Teresa Saavedra Woorman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marc_Korman" title="Marc Korman">Marc Korman</a>; 17, represented by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Vogel_(politician)" title="Joe Vogel (politician)">Joe Vogel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Palakovich_Carr" title="Julie Palakovich Carr">Julie Palakovich Carr</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Spiegel" title="Ryan Spiegel">Ryan Spiegel</a>; 18, represented by <a href="/wiki/Emily_Shetty" title="Emily Shetty">Emily Shetty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jared_Solomon_(Maryland_politician)" title="Jared Solomon (Maryland politician)">Jared Solomon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Kaufman_(politician)" title="Aaron Kaufman (politician)">Aaron Kaufman</a>; 19, represented by <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Crutchfield" title="Charlotte Crutchfield">Charlotte Crutchfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Cullison" title="Bonnie Cullison">Bonnie Cullison</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vaughn_Stewart_(politician)" title="Vaughn Stewart (politician)">Vaughn Stewart</a>; 20, represented by <a href="/wiki/Jheanelle_Wilkins" title="Jheanelle Wilkins">Jheanelle Wilkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorig_Charkoudian" title="Lorig Charkoudian">Lorig Charkoudian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Moon_(politician)" title="David Moon (politician)">David Moon</a>; and 39, represented by <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Acevero" title="Gabriel Acevero">Gabriel Acevero</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesley_Lopez" title="Lesley Lopez">Lesley Lopez</a>, and <a href="/wiki/W._Gregory_Wims" title="W. Gregory Wims">W. Gregory Wims</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Senate" title="Maryland Senate">Maryland Senate</a>, Montgomery County is in districts 9, represented by <a href="/wiki/Katie_Fry_Hester" title="Katie Fry Hester">Katie Fry Hester</a>; 14, represented by <a href="/wiki/Craig_Zucker" title="Craig Zucker">Craig Zucker</a>; 15, represented by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Feldman_(politician)" title="Brian Feldman (politician)">Brian Feldman</a>; 16, represented by <a href="/wiki/Sara_N._Love" title="Sara N. Love">Sara Love</a>; 17, represented by <a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Kagan" title="Cheryl Kagan">Cheryl Kagan</a>; 18, represented by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Waldstreicher" title="Jeff Waldstreicher">Jeff Waldstreicher</a>; 19, represented by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Kramer" title="Benjamin F. Kramer">Benjamin F. Kramer</a>; and 20, represented by <a href="/wiki/William_C._Smith_Jr." title="William C. Smith Jr.">William C. Smith Jr.</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_representation">Federal representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Federal representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th Congress</a>, Montgomery County is represented in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> by <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ivey" title="Glenn Ivey">Glenn Ivey</a> (D) of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Maryland's 4th congressional district">4th district</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Trone" title="David Trone">David Trone</a> (D) of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Maryland's 6th congressional district">6th district</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Raskin" title="Jamie Raskin">Jamie Raskin</a> (D) of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Maryland's 8th congressional district">8th district</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Voter registration and party enrollment as of March 2024<sup id="cite_ref-MDBOE_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDBOE-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td align="center">406,206 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7001593188509077314♠" style="display:none"></span>59.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td>Unaffiliated </td> <td align="center">171,099 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7001249858349494147♠" style="display:none"></span>24.99% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td align="center">97,862 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7001142909296946190♠" style="display:none"></span>14.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FED105; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td align="center">2,361 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="6999344780251875043♠" style="display:none"></span>0.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#999999; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Other parties</a> </td> <td align="center">7,256 </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000105960419635972♠" style="display:none"></span>1.06% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">684,784 </th> <th align="center"><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Montgomery County is one of the most consistently Democratic counties in Maryland. Before 1928, the County never voted Republican. In total, it has only voted Republican 8 times. The Democratic presidential candidate has won Montgomery County in every presidential election since <a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1988 United States presidential election in Maryland">1988</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2020 United States presidential election in Maryland">2020</a>, Donald Trump turned in the worst showing for a Republican in 152 years, not even managing to reach 20% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-Leip_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leip-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Montgomery County, Maryland<sup id="cite_ref-Leip_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leip-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2024 United States presidential election in Maryland">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">104,214 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21.90% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">353,564 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.31%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18,035 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2020 United States presidential election in Maryland">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">101,222 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">419,569 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>78.61%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12,952 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2016 United States presidential election in Maryland">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">92,704 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19.36% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">357,837 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.72%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">28,332 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2012 United States presidential election in Maryland">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">123,353 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.05% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">323,400 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.92%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9,239 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2008 United States presidential election in Maryland">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">118,608 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">314,444 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.58%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,209 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2004 United States presidential election in Maryland">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">136,334 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">273,936 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.97%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,955 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2000 United States presidential election in Maryland">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">124,580 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.52% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">232,453 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.54%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14,655 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.94% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1996 United States presidential election in Maryland">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">117,730 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.15% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">198,807 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.36%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18,361 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1992 United States presidential election in Maryland">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">119,705 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.01% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">199,757 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.09%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">43,151 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1988 United States presidential election in Maryland">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">154,191 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.05% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">165,187 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.48%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,518 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1984 United States presidential election in Maryland">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">146,924 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.00%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">146,036 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.69% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">910 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1980 United States presidential election in Maryland">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">125,515 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47.16%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">105,822 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.76% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34,814 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1976 United States presidential election in Maryland">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">122,674 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.34% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">131,098 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.66%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1972 United States presidential election in Maryland">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">133,090 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.50%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">100,228 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.55% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,239 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1968 United States presidential election in Maryland">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">84,651 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.23% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">92,026 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48.08%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14,726 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1964 United States presidential election in Maryland">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">52,554 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.76% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">103,113 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.24%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1960 United States presidential election in Maryland">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">62,679 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.70% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">66,025 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.30%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1956 United States presidential election in Maryland">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">56,501 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.01%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42,606 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.99% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1952 United States presidential election in Maryland">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47,805 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.37%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28,381 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.03% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">467 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1948 United States presidential election in Maryland">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23,174 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.34%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14,336 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.33% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">897 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1944 United States presidential election in Maryland">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20,400 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.10%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15,324 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.90% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1940 United States presidential election in Maryland">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13,831 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.85% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15,177 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.41%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">513 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1936 United States presidential election in Maryland">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,133 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.06% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">13,246 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.29%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">153 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1932 United States presidential election in Maryland">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,698 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.15% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,882 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.69%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">183 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1928 United States presidential election in Maryland">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,318 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.74%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,739 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.76% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">82 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1924 United States presidential election in Maryland">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,675 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.01% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,639 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.49%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">580 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.50% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1920 United States presidential election in Maryland">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,948 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,277 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.61%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">177 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1916 United States presidential election in Maryland">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,913 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.50% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,805 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.52%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">136 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1912 United States presidential election in Maryland">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,675 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,501 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.10%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,065 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1908 United States presidential election in Maryland">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,805 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.70% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,351 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.40%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">119 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1904 United States presidential election in Maryland">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,711 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.09% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,082 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.40%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">89 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1900 United States presidential election in Maryland">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,354 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.90% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,677 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.42%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1896 United States presidential election in Maryland">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,219 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.02% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,456 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.48%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">171 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.50% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="1892 United States presidential election in Maryland">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,584 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,383 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.96%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">188 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.05% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <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=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Roads"><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:2019-07-12_11_25_04_View_north_along_Interstate_270_(Washington_National_Pike)_from_the_overpass_for_West_Gude_Drive_in_Rockville,_Montgomery_County,_Maryland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/2019-07-12_11_25_04_View_north_along_Interstate_270_%28Washington_National_Pike%29_from_the_overpass_for_West_Gude_Drive_in_Rockville%2C_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/2019-07-12_11_25_04_View_north_along_Interstate_270_%28Washington_National_Pike%29_from_the_overpass_for_West_Gude_Drive_in_Rockville%2C_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/2019-07-12_11_25_04_View_north_along_Interstate_270_%28Washington_National_Pike%29_from_the_overpass_for_West_Gude_Drive_in_Rockville%2C_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>I-270 northbound in Rockville</figcaption></figure> <p>Poor transportation was a hindrance for Montgomery County's farmers who wanted to transport their crops to market in the early 18th century. Montgomery County's first roads, often barely adequate, were built by the 18th century. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_355" title="Maryland Route 355">One early road</a> connected <a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland" title="Frederick, Maryland">Frederick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Georgetown, Washington, D.C.">Georgetown</a>. There was <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_190" title="Maryland Route 190">a road</a> that connected Georgetown and the <a href="/wiki/Monocacy_Aqueduct" title="Monocacy Aqueduct">mouth</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Monocacy_River" title="Monocacy River">Monocacy River</a>. Plans to continue the road to <a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Maryland" title="Cumberland, Maryland">Cumberland</a> did not come to fruition. Another road connected the Montgomery County Courthouse with <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Spring,_Maryland" title="Sandy Spring, Maryland">Sandy Spring</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, and one other road connected the courthouse with <a href="/wiki/Bladensburg,_Maryland" title="Bladensburg, Maryland">Bladensburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-centuries_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centuries-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THS_Boyd_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THS_Boyd-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 52–54">: 52–54 </span></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 75–83">: 75–83 </span></sup> </p><p>The county's first turnpike was chartered in 1806, but its construction began in 1817. In 1828, the turnpike was completed, running from Georgetown to <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a>. It was the first paved road in Montgomery County.<sup id="cite_ref-centuries_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centuries-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THS_Boyd_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THS_Boyd-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 75–83">: 75–83 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1849, the Seventh Street Turnpike (now called <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_97" title="Maryland Route 97">Georgia Avenue</a>) was extended from Washington to <a href="/wiki/Brookeville,_Maryland" title="Brookeville, Maryland">Brookeville</a>. The Colesville–Ashton Turnpike was built in 1870 (now parts of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_29_in_Maryland" title="U.S. Route 29 in Maryland">Colesville Road, Columbia Pike</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_650" title="Maryland Route 650">New Hampshire Avenue</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-THS_Boyd_86-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THS_Boyd-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 75–83">: 75–83 </span></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">United States Army Corps of Engineers</a> built the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Aqueduct" title="Washington Aqueduct">Washington Aqueduct</a> between 1853 and 1864, to supply water from <a href="/wiki/Great_Falls_(Potomac_River)" title="Great Falls (Potomac River)">Great Falls</a> to Washington. The aqueduct was covered in 1875, and it became known as Conduit Road. The <a href="/wiki/Union_Arch_Bridge" title="Union Arch Bridge">Union Arch Bridge</a>, which carries the aqueduct across <a href="/wiki/Cabin_John_Creek" title="Cabin John Creek">Cabin John Creek</a>, was the longest single-arch bridge in the world at the time it was completed in 1864. The road is now named <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Boulevard_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="MacArthur Boulevard (Washington, D.C.)">MacArthur Boulevard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-centuries_85-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centuries-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THS_Boyd_86-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THS_Boyd-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 75–83">: 75–83 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Major_highways_and_roads">Major highways and roads</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Major highways and roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Spur_plate_blue.svg/36px-Spur_plate_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Spur_plate_blue.svg/48px-Spur_plate_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><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, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/I-270.svg/60px-I-270.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_270_Spur_(Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 270 Spur (Maryland)">I-270 Spur</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/MD_Route_108.svg/30px-MD_Route_108.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/MD_Route_108.svg/45px-MD_Route_108.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/MD_Route_108.svg/60px-MD_Route_108.svg.png 2x" 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data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_118" title="Maryland Route 118">MD 118</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/MD_Route_119.svg/30px-MD_Route_119.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/MD_Route_119.svg/45px-MD_Route_119.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/MD_Route_119.svg/60px-MD_Route_119.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_119" title="Maryland Route 119">MD 119</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/MD_Route_121.svg/30px-MD_Route_121.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_185" title="Maryland Route 185">MD 185</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/MD_Route_186.svg/30px-MD_Route_186.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/MD_Route_186.svg/45px-MD_Route_186.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/MD_Route_186.svg/60px-MD_Route_186.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_186" title="Maryland Route 186">MD 186</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/MD_Route_187.svg/30px-MD_Route_187.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_190" title="Maryland Route 190">MD 190</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/MD_Route_191.svg/30px-MD_Route_191.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/MD_Route_191.svg/45px-MD_Route_191.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/MD_Route_191.svg/60px-MD_Route_191.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_191" title="Maryland Route 191">MD 191</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/MD_Route_198.svg/30px-MD_Route_198.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" 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decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/MD_Route_390.svg/45px-MD_Route_390.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/MD_Route_390.svg/60px-MD_Route_390.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_390" title="Maryland Route 390">MD 390</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/MD_Route_396.svg/30px-MD_Route_396.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/MD_Route_396.svg/45px-MD_Route_396.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/MD_Route_396.svg/60px-MD_Route_396.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_396" title="Maryland Route 396">MD 396</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/MD_Route_410.svg/30px-MD_Route_410.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/MD_Route_410.svg/45px-MD_Route_410.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/MD_Route_410.svg/60px-MD_Route_410.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_410" title="Maryland Route 410">MD 410</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/MD_Route_586.svg/30px-MD_Route_586.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/MD_Route_586.svg/45px-MD_Route_586.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/MD_Route_586.svg/60px-MD_Route_586.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_586" title="Maryland Route 586">MD 586</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/MD_Route_650.svg/30px-MD_Route_650.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/MD_Route_650.svg/45px-MD_Route_650.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/MD_Route_650.svg/60px-MD_Route_650.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_650" title="Maryland Route 650">MD 650</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus">Bus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Bus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Montgomery County operates its own bus <a href="/wiki/Public_transit" class="mw-redirect" title="Public transit">public transit</a> system, known as <a href="/wiki/Ride_On_(bus)" title="Ride On (bus)">Ride On</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major routes closer to its rail service area are also covered by <a href="/wiki/WMATA" class="mw-redirect" title="WMATA">WMATA</a>'s Metrobus service.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county began building a <a href="/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit" title="Bus rapid transit">bus rapid transit</a> (BRT) system along <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_29_in_Maryland" title="U.S. Route 29 in Maryland">US 29</a> in 2018. The system has been providing service between <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burtonsville,_Maryland" title="Burtonsville, Maryland">Burtonsville</a> since 2020; more routes are planned.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Corridor_Cities_Transitway" title="Corridor Cities Transitway">Corridor Cities Transitway</a> is a proposed BRT line that would provide an extension of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Red Line (Washington Metro)">Red Line</a> corridor from <a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a> to <a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown</a>, and eventually to Frederick County.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Montgomery County is served by three passenger rail systems, with a fourth line under construction. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>, the U.S. national passenger rail system, operates its <i><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Limited" title="Capitol Limited">Capitol Limited</a></i> to Rockville, between <a href="/wiki/Washington_Union_Station" title="Washington Union Station">Washington Union Station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Union_Station" title="Chicago Union Station">Chicago Union Station</a>. </p><p>The Brunswick line of the <a href="/wiki/MARC_Train" title="MARC Train">MARC</a> <a href="/wiki/Regional_rail" title="Regional rail">commuter rail</a> system makes stops at Silver Spring, Kensington, Garrett Park, Rockville, Washington Grove, Gaithersburg, Metropolitan Grove, Germantown, Boyds, Barnesville, and Dickerson, where the line splits into its Frederick and Martinsburg branches. </p><p>Both suburban arms of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(Washington_Metro)" title="Red Line (Washington Metro)">Red Line</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Metro" title="Washington Metro">Washington Metro</a> serve Montgomery County. It follows the <a href="/wiki/CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX</a> right of way to the west, roughly paralleling Route 355 from <a href="/wiki/Friendship_Heights_station" title="Friendship Heights station">Friendship Heights</a> to <a href="/wiki/Shady_Grove_station" title="Shady Grove station">Shady Grove</a>. The eastern side runs between the two tracks of the CSX right of way from <a href="/wiki/Washington_Union_Station" title="Washington Union Station">Washington Union Station</a> to <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring_station_(Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Spring station (Maryland)">Silver Spring</a>, and roughly parallels Georgia Avenue, from Silver Spring to <a href="/wiki/Glenmont_station" title="Glenmont station">Glenmont</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Purple_Line_(Maryland)" title="Purple Line (Maryland)">Purple Line</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail</a> system, is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in 2026.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line will run in a generally east-west direction, connecting Montgomery and Prince George's Counties near the <a href="/wiki/Capital_Beltway" title="Capital Beltway">Beltway</a>, with 21 stations. The Purple Line will connect directly with four Metro stations, MARC trains and Amtrak.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Airpark" title="Montgomery County Airpark">Montgomery County Airpark</a> (<a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a> <b>GAI</b>, <a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a> <b>KGAI</b>), a general aviation facility in Gaithersburg, is the major airport in the county. Davis Airport (FAA Identifier W50), a privately owned airstrip, is located in Laytonsville on Hawkins Creamery Road.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commercial air service is provided at the nearby <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Washington_National_Airport" title="Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport">Ronald Reagan Washington National</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Dulles_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Dulles International">Washington Dulles International</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baltimore-Washington_International_Thurgood_Marshall_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport">BWI</a> Airports. </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=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Education in the county is provided by <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Public_Schools_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)">Montgomery County Public Schools</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College" title="Montgomery College">Montgomery College</a> and other institutions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Montgomery_County_Public_Schools">Montgomery County Public Schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Montgomery County Public Schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Public_Schools_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)">Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)</a></div> <p>Elementary and secondary public schools are operated by the <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Public_Schools_(Maryland)" title="Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)">Montgomery County Public Schools</a> (MCPS). The county public school system is the largest school district in Maryland, serving about 162,000 students with 13,000 teachers and 10,000 support staff. The public school system operating budget for Fiscal Year 2019 is $2.6 billion (~$3.06 billion in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MCPS operates under the jurisdiction of an elected board of education. Its current members are:<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>District</th> <th>Term ends </th></tr> <tr> <td>Brenda Wolff</td> <td>District 5</td> <td>2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Karla Silvestre</td> <td>At-Large, President</td> <td>2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Grace Rivera-Oven</td> <td>District 1</td> <td>2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shebra L. Evans</td> <td>District 4, Vice President</td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lynne Harris</td> <td>At-Large</td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Julie Yang</td> <td>District 3</td> <td>2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rebecca Smondrowski</td> <td>District 2</td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Praneel Suvarna</td> <td>Student Member</td> <td>2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thomas Taylor</td> <td>Superintendent</td> <td>2028 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>MCPS conducted its first 'data deletion week' in 2019, purging its databases of unnecessary student information.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parents said they hoped to shield children from being held accountable in adulthood for youthful mistakes, as well as to guard them from exploitation by what one parent termed "the student data surveillance industrial complex".The district also requires tech companies to annually delete data they collect on schoolchildren. In December 2019 it said <a href="/wiki/GoGuardian" title="GoGuardian">GoGuardian</a> had sent formal certification that it had deleted its data, but the district was still waiting for confirmation from <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Montgomery_College">Montgomery College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Montgomery College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College" title="Montgomery College">Montgomery College</a></div> <p>The county is also served by <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College" title="Montgomery College">Montgomery College</a>, a public, open access community college that has a budget of US$315 million for FY2020. The county has no public university of its own, but the <a href="/wiki/University_System_of_Maryland" title="University System of Maryland">state university system</a> does operate a facility called <a href="/wiki/Universities_at_Shady_Grove" title="Universities at Shady Grove">Universities at Shady Grove</a> in Rockville that provides access to baccalaureate and Master's level programs from several of the state's public universities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Montgomery_County_Public_Libraries">Montgomery County Public Libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Montgomery County Public Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County_Public_Libraries" title="Montgomery County Public Libraries">Montgomery County Public Libraries</a></div> <p>The Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) system includes 23 individual libraries, and had a budget $38 million (~$47.8 million in 2023) for 2015. </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=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Culture"><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:Takoma_Park_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Takoma_Park_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church.JPG/220px-Takoma_Park_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Takoma_Park_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church.JPG/330px-Takoma_Park_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Takoma_Park_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church.JPG/440px-Takoma_Park_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion_2">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Montgomery County is religiously diverse. In 2010, Montgomery County's population, according to the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Religion_Data_Archives" title="Association of Religion Data Archives">Association of Religion Data Archives</a>, was 13% <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a>, 5% <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>, 4% <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Protestant">Evangelical Protestant</a>, 3% <a href="/wiki/American_Jews" title="American Jews">Jewish</a>, 3% <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pietist" class="mw-redirect" title="Pietist">Pietist</a>, 2% <a href="/wiki/Adventist" class="mw-redirect" title="Adventist">Adventist</a>, 2% <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a>, 1% <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopalian</a>/<a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>, 1% <a href="/wiki/Mormon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon">Mormon</a>, 1% <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>, 1% <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a>, 1% <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a>, 1% <a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a>, 1% <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a>, and 1% <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, Montgomery County's congregation members, according to the Association of Religion Data Archives, was 27.7% <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>, 8.7% <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical Protestant</a>, 6.1% <a href="/wiki/Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">Mainline Protestant</a>, 3.1% <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslim</a>, 2.5% <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a>, 1.2% <a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saints</a>, 1.1% <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a>, 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a>, 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox Christian</a>, 0.7% <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witness</a>, 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Black_church" title="Black church">Black Protestant</a>, 0.3% Other <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a>, and 0.1% Other. </p><p>Montgomery County was named the most religiously diverse county in the United States in 2023 by the <a href="/wiki/Public_Religion_Research_Institute" title="Public Religion Research Institute">Public Religion Research Institute</a>'s census.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Counties were given a diversity index between 0 and 1, with 0 signifying no diversity, and 1 signifying complete diversity. Montgomery County earned a .886, higher than the national average of .615. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a> maintains its <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_of_Seventh-day_Adventists" title="General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists">General Conference</a> headquarters in Silver Spring in Montgomery County.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 2020 <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Religion_Data_Archives" title="Association of Religion Data Archives">ARDA</a> census, there are 776 religious congregations. Their tradition and adherents are listed below, however not all religious bodies reported their adherents, so they are estimates. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Tradition </th> <th>Congregations </th> <th>Adherents </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Black_church" title="Black church">Black Protestant</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>4,102 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>8,489 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> </td> <td>40 </td> <td>293,819 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical Protestant</a> </td> <td>504 </td> <td>92,292 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>11,493 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>33,394 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witness</a> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>7,442 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judiasm</a> </td> <td>47 </td> <td>26,465 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saints</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>12,390 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">Mainline Protestants</a> </td> <td>171 </td> <td>64,508 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Orthodox Christians</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>8,374 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others (<a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baha'i</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrian</a>) </td> <td>16 </td> <td>978 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>3,226 </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <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=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county is home to the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a> team <a href="/wiki/Washington_Spirit" title="Washington Spirit">Washington Spirit</a>, a professional soccer team that played its home games at the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_SoccerPlex" title="Maryland SoccerPlex">Maryland SoccerPlex</a> sports complex in Boyds.<sup id="cite_ref-spirit_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spirit-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, the Spirit will play its seven home games at <a href="/wiki/Audi_Field" title="Audi Field">Audi Field</a>, in Washington, D.C., and five home games at <a href="/wiki/Segra_Field" title="Segra Field">Segra Field</a> in Leesburg, Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starting in 2022, the team began to play games at Audi Field. </p><p>Bethesda's <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Country_Club" title="Congressional Country Club">Congressional Country Club</a> has hosted four Major Championships, including three playings of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a>, most recently in 2011 which was won by <a href="/wiki/Rory_McIlroy" title="Rory McIlroy">Rory McIlroy</a>. The Club also hosts the <a href="/wiki/Quicken_Loans_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Quicken Loans National">Quicken Loans National</a>, an annual event on the <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a> which benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation. Previously, neighboring <a href="/wiki/TPC_Potomac_at_Avenel_Farm" title="TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm">TPC at Avenel</a> hosted the <a href="/wiki/Booz_Allen_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Booz Allen Classic">Booz Allen Classic</a>. </p><p>The award-winning Members Club at Four Streams is located on a former farm in Beallsville, Maryland. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Big_Train" title="Bethesda Big Train">Bethesda Big Train</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockville_Express" title="Rockville Express">Rockville Express</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring%E2%80%93Takoma_Thunderbolts" title="Silver Spring–Takoma Thunderbolts">Silver Spring–Takoma Thunderbolts</a> all play college level wooden bat baseball in the <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Collegiate_Baseball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League">Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League</a>. </p><p>Montgomery County is home of the Montgomery County Swim League, a youth (ages 4–18) competitive swimming league composed of ninety teams based at community pools throughout the county. </p><p>The King Farm Park in Rockville, open and accessible 24/7 without cost, provides a first-class 16-station Bankshot Playcourt, the Home Court for the Rockville based Bankshot Sports Organization advocating "Total-mix diversity based on Universal Design." Hundreds of communities provide Bankshot Playcourts mainstreaming differently-able participants in community sports. Bankshot basketball Playcourts are also at Montrose park, the JCC among other locations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Montgomery_County_Agricultural_Fair">Montgomery County Agricultural Fair</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Montgomery County Agricultural Fair"><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:Montgomery_County_Fairgrounds.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Montgomery_County_Fairgrounds.JPG/170px-Montgomery_County_Fairgrounds.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Montgomery_County_Fairgrounds.JPG/255px-Montgomery_County_Fairgrounds.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Montgomery_County_Fairgrounds.JPG/340px-Montgomery_County_Fairgrounds.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Montgomery County Fairgrounds</figcaption></figure> <p>Since 1949 the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, the largest in the state, showcases farm life in the county. The week long event offers family events, carnival rides, live animals, entertainment and food. Visitors can also view entries of canned and baked goods, clothing, quilts and produce from local county farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Montgomery County maintains <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">sister city</a> agreements with:<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moraz%C3%A1n_Department" title="Morazán Department">Morazán Department</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gondar" title="Gondar">Gondar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an" title="Xi'an">Xi'an</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:322px;max-width:322px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Cities in Montgomery County</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:169px;max-width:169px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:111px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaithersburg,_Maryland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Gaithersburg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Gaithersburg%2C_Maryland.jpg/167px-Gaithersburg%2C_Maryland.jpg" decoding="async" width="167" height="111" class="mw-file-element" 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class="thumbcaption">Montgomery County map</div></div></div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a> (county seat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns">Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnesville,_Maryland" title="Barnesville, Maryland">Barnesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookeville,_Maryland" title="Brookeville, Maryland">Brookeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_(town),_Maryland" 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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villages">Villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_Section_Three,_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase Section Three, Maryland">Chevy Chase, Village of, Section 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_Section_Five,_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase Section Five, Maryland">Chevy Chase, Village of, Section 5</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></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Tax_Districts">Special Tax Districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Special Tax Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Occupying a middle ground between incorporated and unincorporated areas are Special Tax Districts, quasi-municipal unincorporated areas created by legislation passed by either the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_General_Assembly" title="Maryland General Assembly">Maryland General Assembly</a> or the county.<sup id="cite_ref-1998handbook_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1998handbook-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Special Tax Districts generally have limited purposes, such as providing some municipal services or improvements to drainage or street lighting.<sup id="cite_ref-1998handbook_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1998handbook-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Special Tax Districts lack home rule authority and must petition their cognizant governmental entity for changes affecting the authority of the district. The four incorporated villages of Montgomery County and the town of Chevy Chase View were originally established as Special Tax Districts. Four Special Tax Districts remain in the county: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drummond,_Maryland" title="Drummond, Maryland">Drummond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakmont,_Maryland" title="Oakmont, Maryland">Oakmont</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:322px;max-width:322px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Census-designated places</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:320px;max-width:320px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:64px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bethesda_downtown_panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bethesda" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bethesda_downtown_panorama.jpg/318px-Bethesda_downtown_panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="318" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bethesda_downtown_panorama.jpg/477px-Bethesda_downtown_panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bethesda_downtown_panorama.jpg/636px-Bethesda_downtown_panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2116" data-file-height="427" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Bethesda</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:159px;max-width:159px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:117px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2007_11_01_-_118@Wisteria_-_EB_at_Wisteria.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Germantown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/2007_11_01_-_118%40Wisteria_-_EB_at_Wisteria.JPG/157px-2007_11_01_-_118%40Wisteria_-_EB_at_Wisteria.JPG" decoding="async" width="157" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/2007_11_01_-_118%40Wisteria_-_EB_at_Wisteria.JPG/236px-2007_11_01_-_118%40Wisteria_-_EB_at_Wisteria.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/2007_11_01_-_118%40Wisteria_-_EB_at_Wisteria.JPG/314px-2007_11_01_-_118%40Wisteria_-_EB_at_Wisteria.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Germantown</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:159px;max-width:159px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:117px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_silver_spring_wayne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Silver Spring" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Downtown_silver_spring_wayne.jpg/157px-Downtown_silver_spring_wayne.jpg" decoding="async" width="157" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Downtown_silver_spring_wayne.jpg/236px-Downtown_silver_spring_wayne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Downtown_silver_spring_wayne.jpg/314px-Downtown_silver_spring_wayne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Silver Spring</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Unincorporated areas are also considered as towns by many people and listed in many collections of towns, but they lack local government. Various organizations, such as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a>, and local chambers of commerce, define the communities they wish to recognize differently, and since they are not incorporated, their boundaries have no official status outside the organizations in question. The Census Bureau recognizes the following <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated places</a> in the county: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <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/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> (partly in <a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's County</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/Fairland,_Maryland" title="Fairland, Maryland">Fairland</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/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">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> (partly in <a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's County</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_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/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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montgomery_County,_Maryland&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span 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city in Montgomery County, Germantown, an unincorporated census-designated place, is the most populous locale in the county.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">These figures count adherents, meaning all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. 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Deaver; Annapolis, Jonas Green. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofcon00inmary/page/242">242</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/loc.gdc%2Fscd0001.00117695347">loc.gdc/scd0001.00117695347</a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/10012042">10012042</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/3425542">3425542</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7018977M">7018977M</a>. <q>Resolved, That after the first day of October next, such part of the said county of Frederick as is contained within the bounds and limits following, to wit : beginning at the east side of the mouth of Rock creek on Potowmac river, and running with the said river to the mouth of Monocacy, then with a straight line to Par's spring, from thence with the lines of the county to the beginning, shall be and is hereby erected into a new county by the name of Montgomery county.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Proceedings+of+the+Conventions+of+the+providence+of+Maryland%2C+held+at+the+city+of+Annapolis%2C+in+1774%2C+1775%2C+%26+1776&rft.place=Baltimore%2C+Md.%3B+Annapolis%2C+Md.&rft.pages=242&rft.pub=Baltimore%2C+James+Lucas+%26+E.+K.+Deaver%3B+Annapolis%2C+Jonas+Green&rft.date=1836&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F3425542&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F10012042&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL7018977M%23id-name%3DOL&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2Floc.gdc%2Fscd0001.00117695347&rft.au=Maryland.+Convention&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fproceedingsofcon00inmary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bea.gov-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bea.gov_5-0">^</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.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/lagdp1223.pdf">"Gross Domestic Product by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>www.bea.gov</i>. <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Economic_Analysis" title="Bureau of Economic Analysis">Bureau of Economic Analysis</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231213200707/https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/lagdp1223.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on December 13, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 7,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.bea.gov&rft.atitle=Gross+Domestic+Product+by+County+and+Metropolitan+Area%2C+2022&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bea.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2023-12%2Flagdp1223.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-QF-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-QF_6-0">^</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.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html">"2020 Population and Housing State Data"</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210824081449/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html">Archived</a> from the original on August 24, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 12,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2020+Population+and+Housing+State+Data&rft.pub=United+States+Census+Bureau&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2Flibrary%2Fvisualizations%2Finteractive%2F2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmerican_FactFinder,_United_States_Census_Bureau" class="citation web cs1">American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090226112432/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US24&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1-R&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-format=ST-7S&-_sse=on">"Maryland by Place – GCT-PH1-R. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density (geographies ranked by total population): 2000"</a>. Factfinder.census.gov. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US24&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1-R&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-format=ST-7S&-_sse=on">the original</a> on February 26, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 9,</span> 2013</span>.</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=Seven+of+nation%27s+10+most+affluent+counties+are+in+Washington+region&rft.date=2012-09-19&rft.aulast=Morello&rft.aufirst=Carol&rft.au=Mellnick%2C+Ted&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fseven-of-nations-10-most-affluent-counties-are-in-washington-region%2F2012%2F09%2F19%2Ff580bf30-028b-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.forbes.com/2008/01/22/counties-rich-income-forbeslife-cx_mw_0122realestate_slide_9.html?thisSpeed=15000">"Complete List: America's Richest Counties"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180408142452/https://www.forbes.com/2008/01/22/counties-rich-income-forbeslife-cx_mw_0122realestate_slide_9.html?thisSpeed=15000">Archived</a> April 8, 2018, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i>, February 2, 2008</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/24/24031.html">"Montgomery County QuickFacts"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110606163928/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/24/24031.html">Archived</a> June 6, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, September 9, 2009</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="CITEREFBureau" class="citation web cs1">Bureau, U. S. Census. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/">"U.S. Census website"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/">Archived</a> from the original on December 27, 1996<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 12,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=United+States+Census+Bureau&rft.atitle=U.S.+Census+website&rft.aulast=Bureau&rft.aufirst=U.+S.+Census&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|last=</code> has generic name (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#generic_name" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.choosemontgomerymd.com/business-community#.VO9BYPnF8vk">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150226182005/http://www.choosemontgomerymd.com/business-community#.VO9BYPnF8vk">Archived</a> February 26, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, February 26, 2015</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.montgomerycountychamber.com/business-community-resources">[2]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150226181050/http://www.montgomerycountychamber.com/business-community-resources">Archived</a> February 26, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, February 26, 2015</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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTom2012" class="citation web cs1">Tom (November 7, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostsofdc.org/2012/11/07/montgomery-county-history/">"Why Is It Named Montgomery County?"</a>. <i>Ghosts of DC</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190131093353/https://ghostsofdc.org/2012/11/07/montgomery-county-history/">Archived</a> from the original on January 31, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 17,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ghosts+of+DC&rft.atitle=Why+Is+It+Named+Montgomery+County%3F&rft.date=2012-11-07&rft.au=Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fghostsofdc.org%2F2012%2F11%2F07%2Fmontgomery-county-history%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRapid_Transit_-_Montgomery_County,_MD" class="citation web cs1">Rapid Transit - Montgomery County, MD. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190326081827/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKZDUWpk7jQ">"Get On Board BRT - Vote Now!"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKZDUWpk7jQ">the original</a> on March 26, 2019 – via YouTube.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Get+On+Board+BRT+-+Vote+Now%21&rft.au=Rapid+Transit+-+Montgomery+County%2C+MD&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DOKZDUWpk7jQ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%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="CITEREFCouncil2016" class="citation web cs1">Council, Montgomery (November 15, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/MoCoCouncilMD/status/798593468499042304">"@CoUnTy_ExEc talks about his mission to make #MoCo one of the most welcoming places on earth. #CommunityMatterspic.twitter.com/EJuLFi2NAz"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170612095406/https://twitter.com/MoCoCouncilMD/status/798593468499042304">Archived</a> from the original on June 12, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 15,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%40CoUnTy_ExEc+talks+about+his+mission+to+make+%23MoCo+one+of+the+most+welcoming+places+on+earth.+%23CommunityMatterspic.twitter.com%2FEJuLFi2NAz&rft.date=2016-11-15&rft.aulast=Council&rft.aufirst=Montgomery&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FMoCoCouncilMD%2Fstatus%2F798593468499042304&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%2C+Maryland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThe_Going_Out_Gurus2001" class="citation web cs1">The Going Out Gurus (May 24, 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20240318173743/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/01/gotplans/gotplans0524.htm#selection-2105.0-2105.19">"Got Plans?"</a>. <i>With the Entertainment Guide Staff</i>. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company. <q>I'm hoping to answer you and our Silver Spring questioner, who was looking for something this weekend in <b>MoCo</b>.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=With+the+Entertainment+Guide+Staff&rft.atitle=Got+Plans%3F&rft.date=2001-05-24&rft.au=The+Going+Out+Gurus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.today%2F20240318173743%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-srv%2Fliveonline%2F01%2Fgotplans%2Fgotplans0524.htm%23selection-2105.0-2105.19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%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="CITEREFClan_Montgomery_Society2008" class="citation web cs1">Clan Montgomery Society (June 14, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080905114211/http://clanmontgomery.org/symbols.html">"Montgomery Motto"</a>. <i>Clan Montgomery Symbols</i>. Clan Montgomery Society. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://clanmontgomery.org/symbols.html">the original</a> on September 5, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 5,</span> 2008</span>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Garde" (pronounced gard-uh) or "Gardez" (pronounced garday) means "watch", in the sense of "look out" or "on guard". "Bien" (pronounced bee-ann) means "good" to give the overall meaning of "Watch Well".</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Clan+Montgomery+Symbols&rft.atitle=Montgomery+Motto&rft.date=2008-06-14&rft.au=Clan+Montgomery+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclanmontgomery.org%2Fsymbols.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontgomery+County%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 class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120430094909/http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/historic/places_from_the_past/">"Places From the Past"</a>. <i>Montgomery County Historic Sites</i>. Silver Spring, Maryland: Montgomery County Planning Department. 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title="Shady Grove Adventist Hospital">Shady Grove Adventist Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reed_National_Military_Medical_Center" title="Walter Reed National Military Medical Center">Walter Reed National Military Medical Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White%27s_Ferry" title="White's Ferry">White's Ferry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</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/BlackRock_Center_for_the_Arts" title="BlackRock Center for the Arts">BlackRock Center for the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Flag of Montgomery County, Maryland">Flag of Montgomery County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenstone" title="Glenstone">Glenstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Health_and_Medicine" title="National Museum of Health and Medicine">National Museum of Health and Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strathmore_(Maryland)" title="Strathmore (Maryland)">Strathmore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports</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_Big_Train" title="Bethesda Big Train">Bethesda Big Train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg_Giants" title="Gaithersburg Giants">Gaithersburg Giants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville_Express" title="Rockville Express">Rockville Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring-Takoma_Thunderbolts" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts">Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_SoccerPlex" title="Maryland SoccerPlex">Maryland SoccerPlex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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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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href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Episcopal_School_(Maryland)" title="St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Maryland)">St. Andrew's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Ridge_School_of_the_Sacred_Heart" title="Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart">Stone Ridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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%">Air</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/Montgomery_County_Airpark" title="Montgomery County Airpark">Montgomery County Airpark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public transportation</th><td 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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 href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">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 scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#960018;color:#ffffff;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="background:#960018;color:#ffffff;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Maryland_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Maryland (state)"><span style="color:#ffffff">Maryland portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span style="color:#ffffff">United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </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" 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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 href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">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, Maryland">Perry Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikesville,_Maryland" title="Pikesville, Maryland">Pikesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potomac,_Maryland" title="Potomac, Maryland">Potomac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randallstown,_Maryland" title="Randallstown, Maryland">Randallstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redland,_Maryland" title="Redland, Maryland">Redland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reisterstown,_Maryland" title="Reisterstown, Maryland">Reisterstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosedale,_Maryland" title="Rosedale, Maryland">Rosedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Charles,_Maryland" title="St. Charles, Maryland">St. Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severn,_Maryland" title="Severn, Maryland">Severn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severna_Park,_Maryland" title="Severna Park, Maryland">Severna Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gate,_Maryland" title="South Gate, Maryland">South Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suitland,_Maryland" title="Suitland, Maryland">Suitland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timonium,_Maryland" title="Timonium, Maryland">Timonium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Towson,_Maryland" title="Towson, Maryland">Towson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Maryland" title="Urbana, Maryland">Urbana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldorf,_Maryland" title="Waldorf, Maryland">Waldorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheaton%E2%80%93Glenmont,_Maryland" title="Wheaton–Glenmont, Maryland">Wheaton-Glenmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Oak,_Maryland" title="White Oak, Maryland">White Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodlawn,_Baltimore_County,_Maryland" title="Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland">Woodlawn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maryland" title="List of counties in Maryland">Counties</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/Allegany_County,_Maryland" title="Allegany County, Maryland">Allegany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Arundel_County,_Maryland" title="Anne Arundel County, Maryland">Anne Arundel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_County,_Maryland" title="Baltimore County, Maryland">Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvert_County,_Maryland" title="Calvert County, Maryland">Calvert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_County,_Maryland" title="Caroline County, Maryland">Caroline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Maryland" title="Carroll County, Maryland">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_County,_Maryland" title="Cecil County, Maryland">Cecil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_County,_Maryland" title="Charles County, Maryland">Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorchester_County,_Maryland" title="Dorchester County, Maryland">Dorchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Maryland" title="Frederick County, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrett_County,_Maryland" title="Garrett County, Maryland">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harford_County,_Maryland" title="Harford County, Maryland">Harford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Maryland" title="Howard County, Maryland">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Maryland" title="Kent County, Maryland">Kent</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Queen Anne's County, Maryland">Queen Anne's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_County,_Maryland" title="St. Mary's County, Maryland">St. Mary's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_Maryland" title="Somerset County, Maryland">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talbot_County,_Maryland" title="Talbot County, Maryland">Talbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Maryland" title="Washington County, Maryland">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wicomico_County,_Maryland" title="Wicomico County, Maryland">Wicomico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Maryland" title="Worcester County, Maryland">Worcester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/48px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/64px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Maryland" title="Portal:Maryland">Maryland portal</a></b></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="Washington_metropolitan_area" 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:DCMetroArea" title="Template:DCMetroArea"><abbr title="View this 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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 href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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. 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