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.pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Maryland_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wheaton is located in Maryland"><img alt="Wheaton is located in Maryland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/USA_Maryland_location_map.svg/250px-USA_Maryland_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/USA_Maryland_location_map.svg/375px-USA_Maryland_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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Maryland</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wheaton is located in the United States"><img alt="Wheaton is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Usa_edcp_location_map.svg/250px-Usa_edcp_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Usa_edcp_location_map.svg/375px-Usa_edcp_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Usa_edcp_location_map.svg/500px-Usa_edcp_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.991%;left:81.535%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wheaton"><img alt="Wheaton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Wheaton</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Wheaton (the United States)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></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=Wheaton,_Maryland&params=39_02_57_N_77_03_26_W_region:US-MD_type:city(52150)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°02′57″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°03′26″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">39.04917°N 77.05722°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.04917; -77.05722</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>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"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maryland" title="List of counties in Maryland">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Montgomery_County%2C_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6.94 sq mi (17.98 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">6.90 sq mi (17.87 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.04 sq mi (0.11 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">384 ft (117 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">52,150</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">7,560.16/sq mi (2,919.09/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Eastern_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Eastern Time Zone">Eastern (EST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (EDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS</a> code</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2483775">24-83775</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2652342<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wheaton</b> is a census-designated <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">place</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, United States, situated north of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and northwest of downtown <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a>. Wheaton takes its name from <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wheaton" title="Frank Wheaton">Frank Wheaton</a> (1833–1903), a career <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">officer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> and volunteer from <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> who rose to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major-general" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general">major-general</a> while serving before, during, and after the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>. </p><p>Wheaton had a population of 52,150 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-QuickFacts_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QuickFacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> has assigned <a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a> 20902 to Wheaton, but the Wheaton Post Office is a part of the larger Silver Spring area. Downtown Wheaton is located around the triangle formed by <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_586" title="Maryland Route 586">Veirs Mill Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_193" title="Maryland Route 193">University Boulevard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Avenue" title="Georgia Avenue">Georgia Avenue</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wheaton,_Maryland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Three_roads">Three roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wheaton,_Maryland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Three roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wheaton developed from Leesborough (named in 1826), a small business district that grew near the junction of three major roads. The first of these is <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_97" title="Maryland Route 97">Brookeville Pike</a> (also known as the Washington-Brookeville Pike and later as the Union Turnpike, now Georgia Avenue) a north/south toll thoroughfare running from <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Brookeville,_Maryland" title="Brookeville, Maryland">Brookeville</a> and eventually to <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>. </p><p>The second road, <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_586" title="Maryland Route 586">Veirs Mill Road</a> (named after a grist and sawmill built on <a href="/wiki/Rock_Creek_(Potomac_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Creek (Potomac River)">Rock Creek</a> by Samuel Clark Veirs in 1838<sup id="cite_ref-veirs_mill_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veirs_mill-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), was one portion of a much longer thoroughfare running west to <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville, Maryland</a>, and thence towards the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> and subsequently to <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> via ferry crossings. This was also known as the "City Road" in Rockville, and around the time of the Civil War it was known also as the "New Cut Road."<sup id="cite_ref-Civil_War_Defenses_of_Washington_Chapter_VII_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Civil_War_Defenses_of_Washington_Chapter_VII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_History_Of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland,_From_Its_Earliest_Settlement_In_1650_to_1879_(Boyd,_T._H._S.)_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_History_Of_Montgomery_County,_Maryland,_From_Its_Earliest_Settlement_In_1650_to_1879_(Boyd,_T._H._S.)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last of these roads was known as <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_193" title="Maryland Route 193">Old Bladensburg Road</a> (now University Boulevard) which, as it does in present day, connected <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Georgetown, Washington, D.C.">Georgetown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase,_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase, Maryland">Chevy Chase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kensington,_Maryland" title="Kensington, Maryland">Kensington</a>, Wheaton, <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bladensburg,_Maryland" title="Bladensburg, Maryland">Bladensburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MC_history_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MC_history-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mitchell's_Crossroads"><span id="Mitchell.27s_Crossroads"></span>Mitchell's Crossroads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wheaton,_Maryland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mitchell's Crossroads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The business district became known as Mitchell's Crossroads, after Robert T. Mitchell's tavern, which sat at the northeast corner of Union Turnpike and Old Bladensburg Road. </p><p>In 1864, <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> <a href="/wiki/General_officers_in_the_Confederate_States_Army" title="General officers in the Confederate States Army">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Jubal_Early" title="Jubal Early">Jubal Early</a> led troops through the area on their way to attack Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-centuries_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centuries-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Union General</a> Frank Wheaton and his <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> beat them back at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Stevens" title="Battle of Fort Stevens">Battle of Fort Stevens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MC_history_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MC_history-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-centuries_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centuries-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitchell's Tavern was destroyed by a fire in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-MC_history_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MC_history-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_Civil_War">After the Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wheaton,_Maryland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After the Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dunkin%27_Donuts,_Georgia_Avenue_and_Reedie_Drive,_Wheaton,_Maryland_(c._1967).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dunkin%27_Donuts%2C_Georgia_Avenue_and_Reedie_Drive%2C_Wheaton%2C_Maryland_%28c._1967%29.png/220px-Dunkin%27_Donuts%2C_Georgia_Avenue_and_Reedie_Drive%2C_Wheaton%2C_Maryland_%28c._1967%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dunkin%27_Donuts%2C_Georgia_Avenue_and_Reedie_Drive%2C_Wheaton%2C_Maryland_%28c._1967%29.png/330px-Dunkin%27_Donuts%2C_Georgia_Avenue_and_Reedie_Drive%2C_Wheaton%2C_Maryland_%28c._1967%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dunkin%27_Donuts%2C_Georgia_Avenue_and_Reedie_Drive%2C_Wheaton%2C_Maryland_%28c._1967%29.png/440px-Dunkin%27_Donuts%2C_Georgia_Avenue_and_Reedie_Drive%2C_Wheaton%2C_Maryland_%28c._1967%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1242" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts" title="Dunkin' Donuts">Dunkin' Donuts</a> store on Wheaton's Georgia Avenue <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1967; the restaurant is still operating there today.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:11001_Georgia_Ave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/11001_Georgia_Ave.jpg/220px-11001_Georgia_Ave.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/11001_Georgia_Ave.jpg/330px-11001_Georgia_Ave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/11001_Georgia_Ave.jpg/440px-11001_Georgia_Ave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Former entrance sign for Wheaton, Maryland. This sign has since been replaced.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, the area's first <a href="/wiki/Postmaster" title="Postmaster">postmaster</a> was war veteran George F. Plyer,<sup id="cite_ref-townnamed_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townnamed-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who in October 1869, renamed the post office in honor of his commanding officer, General Wheaton.<sup id="cite_ref-centuries_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centuries-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For many years, the Wheaton area was only lightly used, mostly for farming. In 1871, the first African American Church, Allen Chapel AME Church, was established. This religious body maintained its presence in the Wheaton community until 2000, at which time the New Creation Church purchased the property. </p><p>Into the early 20th century, civic growth in the area was slow, with a few new businesses established along the major roads. But after World War II, Wheaton quickly expanded. The area's first modern post office opened in 1947 (earlier records show that the post office had used the Leesborough name). In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Suburban_Sanitary_Commission" title="Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission">Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission</a> (WSSC) was active, adding utility infrastructure to the area. As part of that work, and just north of Wheaton, the prominent <a href="/wiki/Glenmont,_Maryland" title="Glenmont, Maryland">Glenmont</a> Water Tower was constructed in 1947. Wheaton was steadily built-out by several developers (Kay Construction Co. in particular), becoming a part of the modern-day suburbs of Washington, D.C. Today, as an unincorporated town, Wheaton is governed locally by the civic government of Montgomery County.<sup id="cite_ref-montgomery_county_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-montgomery_county-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For some modern information databases, such as official real estate records, Wheaton (along with several neighboring locales) is considered to be a sub-section of larger Silver Spring. </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=Wheaton,_Maryland&action=edit&section=5" 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/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>48,284</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>52,150</td><td></td><td>8.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">source:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />2010–2020<sup id="cite_ref-QuickFacts_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QuickFacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In the 1950s the area was developed with Cape Cod, ranch houses, and split-level homes purchased by white, largely middle class, families; a mix of blue collar and white collar workers. Now, more of this older housing stock is owned or rented by a diverse population.<sup id="cite_ref-wp215_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp215-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="Wikitable" align="left"> <caption>Wheaton, Maryland<br /> Census data </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Non-Hispanic White</th> <th>Hispanic/Latino</th> <th>Asian</th> <th>Black</th> <th>Multiracial </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1990<sup id="cite_ref-wp215_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp215-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="right">61%</td> <td align="right">13%</td> <td align="right">10%</td> <td align="right">15%</td> <td align="right">  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2000</td> <td align="right">38%</td> <td align="right">29%</td> <td align="right">12%</td> <td align="right">17%</td> <td align="right">6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2010</td> <td align="right">26%</td> <td align="right">42%</td> <td align="right">12%</td> <td align="right">18%</td> <td align="right">5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2020</td> <td align="right">33.88%</td> <td align="right">30.96%</td> <td align="right">13.29%</td> <td align="right">15.64%</td> <td align="right">5.14% </td></tr></tbody></table><p>As of 2010–2020, Wheaton is 23.8% <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a>, 40.5% <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a>, 18.5% <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> (4.1% <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Americans" title="Ethiopian Americans">Ethiopian</a>, 1.3% <a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Americans" title="Jamaican Americans">Jamaican</a>), and 13.9% <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> (4.42% <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_Americans" title="Vietnamese Americans">Vietnamese</a>, 3.72% <a href="/wiki/Filipino_Americans" title="Filipino Americans">Filipino</a>, 1.67% <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Americans" title="Chinese Americans">Chinese</a>, 1.59% <a href="/wiki/Indian_Americans" title="Indian Americans">Indian</a>). 2.4% of the population identified as <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">mixed-race</a>. The largest immigrant groups were from El Salvador, Ethiopia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Honduras.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 2000 and 2010, Wheaton's Hispanic population has increased from 29% to 42%. Wheaton's Hispanic population is highly ethnically diverse - as of the 2010 Census, Wheaton is 18.5% <a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_Americans" title="Salvadoran Americans">Salvadoran</a>, 3.2% <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Americans" title="Mexican Americans">Mexican</a>, 2.8% <a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_Americans" title="Guatemalan Americans">Guatemalan</a>, 2.3% <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Americans" title="Peruvian Americans">Peruvian</a>, 2.3% <a href="/wiki/Honduran_Americans" title="Honduran Americans">Honduran</a>, 1.3% <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Americans" title="Dominican Americans">Dominican</a>, 1.2% <a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_Americans" title="Nicaraguan Americans">Nicaraguan</a>, 1% <a href="/wiki/Bolivian_Americans" title="Bolivian Americans">Bolivian</a>, 0.9% <a href="/wiki/Colombian_Americans" title="Colombian Americans">Colombian</a>, 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Ricans in the United States">Puerto Rican</a>, 0.7% <a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_Americans" title="Ecuadorian Americans">Ecuadorians</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Americans" title="Cuban Americans">Cuban</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Chilean_Americans" title="Chilean Americans">Chilean</a>, and 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Argentine_Americans" title="Argentine Americans">Argentine</a>, all numbering over 100 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 16.5% of Wheaton's residents were <a href="/wiki/White_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="White Hispanic and Latino Americans">White Hispanics/Latinos</a>, 1% were <a href="/wiki/Black_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Black Hispanic and Latino Americans">Afro-Hispanics/Afro-Latinos</a>, 0.6% were <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">American Indian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Natives" title="Alaska Natives">Alaska Native</a> <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Hispanics/Latinos</a>, 0.2% were <a href="/wiki/Asian_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans">Asian-American Hispanics/Latinos</a>, 3% were Hispanics/Latinos of <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">two or more races</a>, and 20.5% were Hispanics/Latinos from some other race.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local gang issues. In 2020 local prosecutors outlined in a 28 page indictment that 21 MS-13 Gang members had committed crimes against 18 victims. Of the 18 victims, 9 were in Wheaton. The crimes against Wheaton residents includes murder, attempted murder with a gun, assault and racketeering.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wheaton,_Maryland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brookside_Gardens.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Brookside_Gardens.jpg/180px-Brookside_Gardens.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Brookside_Gardens.jpg/270px-Brookside_Gardens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Brookside_Gardens.jpg/360px-Brookside_Gardens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Brookside Gardens in Wheaton Regional Park</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wheaton_Station_long_exposure.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Wheaton_Station_long_exposure.jpg/180px-Wheaton_Station_long_exposure.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Wheaton_Station_long_exposure.jpg/270px-Wheaton_Station_long_exposure.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Wheaton_Station_long_exposure.jpg/360px-Wheaton_Station_long_exposure.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="2412" /></a><figcaption>Platform at <a href="/wiki/Wheaton_station_(Washington_Metro)" title="Wheaton station (Washington Metro)">Wheaton station</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wheaton_Library_and_Recreation_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Wheaton_Library_and_Recreation_Center.jpg/220px-Wheaton_Library_and_Recreation_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Wheaton_Library_and_Recreation_Center.jpg/330px-Wheaton_Library_and_Recreation_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Wheaton_Library_and_Recreation_Center.jpg/440px-Wheaton_Library_and_Recreation_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4218" data-file-height="2851" /></a><figcaption>The New Library and Recreation Center, Which Opened on September 8, 2019.</figcaption></figure> <p>Wheaton is home to the <a href="/wiki/Wheaton_Regional_Park" title="Wheaton Regional Park">Wheaton Regional Park</a>, which includes a nature center; riding stables; dog park; a picnic area with <a href="/wiki/Carousel" title="Carousel">carousel</a> and miniature train; an athletic complex with indoor tennis, ice rink, inline skating rink, and ball fields; and <a href="/wiki/Brookside_Gardens" title="Brookside Gardens">Brookside Gardens</a>, Montgomery County's 50-acre (200,000-m²) <a href="/wiki/Botanical_garden" title="Botanical garden">public display garden</a>. Much of Wheaton was developed in the 1950s. In the 1960s its shopping center, Wheaton Plaza (now known as <a href="/wiki/Westfield_Wheaton" title="Westfield Wheaton">Westfield Wheaton</a>), was the largest in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. The Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad is one of the busiest (11,000 calls in 2007) predominantly volunteer fire departments in Montgomery County. The diversity of the neighborhood is reflected by the high concentration of various ethnic restaurants located in Wheaton.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is served by 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> system. Spanning 508 feet (155 m), the <a href="/wiki/Wheaton_station_(Washington_Metro)" title="Wheaton station (Washington Metro)">Wheaton station</a> has the <a href="/wiki/Escalator" title="Escalator">longest escalator</a> in the Western Hemisphere.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since Wheaton has the highest location in the Washington, D.C., area, it was also the home of the first <a href="/wiki/History_of_television" title="History of television">television license</a> in the United States. Using the call sign W3XK, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Francis_Jenkins" title="Charles Francis Jenkins">Charles Francis Jenkins</a> began broadcasting from his home at the corner of Windham Lane and Georgia Ave.<sup id="cite_ref-MC_history_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MC_history-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starting on July 2, 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other points of interest include </p> <ul><li>The Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity - Named after former <a href="/wiki/Category:Montgomery_County,_Maryland_Executives" title="Category:Montgomery County, Maryland Executives">Montgomery County Executive</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Gilchrist" title="Charles W. Gilchrist">Charles W. Gilchrist</a>, opened Sept. 8th 2001, it provides services to an increasing immigrant population in Montgomery County.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Wheaton Library and Recreation Center opened on September 8, 2019, replaced the old library and <a href="/wiki/Wheaton_Youth_Center" title="Wheaton Youth Center">Wheaton Youth Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Holy Cross Health Cancer Center, opened on February 23, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (former <a href="/wiki/Ana_G._M%C3%A9ndez_University_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Ana G. Méndez University System">Ana G. Méndez University System</a> and <a href="/wiki/Circuit_City" title="Circuit City">Circuit City</a>.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Designation_as_a_Maryland_Arts_and_Entertainment_District">Designation as a Maryland Arts and Entertainment District</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wheaton,_Maryland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Designation as a Maryland Arts and Entertainment District"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wheaton has been designated by the State of Maryland as an Arts and Entertainment District, joining <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a> as the third district in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery County</a> to receive the distinction. The Arts and Entertainment District designation provides artists working in that area with an income tax break. Developers who create spaces for artists to live and work can be exempt from paying certain property taxes on the value of the renovations for up to 10 years. Designated districts are exempt from admissions and amusement taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-Arts_and_Entertaining_District_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arts_and_Entertaining_District-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wheaton,_Maryland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marat_Akbarov" title="Marat Akbarov">Marat Akbarov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Barrera" title="Diana Barrera">Diana Barrera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Bonomo" title="Joe Bonomo">Joe Bonomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chas_Gessner" title="Chas Gessner">Chas Gessner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gist" title="James Gist">James Gist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Ann_Haus" title="Laurie Ann Haus">Laurie Ann Haus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelli_Hill" title="Kelli Hill">Kelli Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Hilton" title="Zach Hilton">Zach Hilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Hurney" title="Marty Hurney">Marty Hurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Koontz" title="Robin Koontz">Robin Koontz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Kramer" title="Benjamin F. Kramer">Benjamin F. Kramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murders_of_Katherine_and_Sheila_Lyon" title="Murders of Katherine and Sheila Lyon">Katherine and Sheila Lyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Parsley" title="Jim Parsley">Jim Parsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Parsons_(figure_skater)" title="Michael Parsons (figure skater)">Michael Parsons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marina_Pestova" title="Marina Pestova">Marina Pestova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Quinter" title="Bill Quinter">Bill Quinter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Weber" title="Ron Weber">Ron Weber</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wheaton,_Maryland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-gnis-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gnis_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gnis_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gnis_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2652342">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheaton, Maryland</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_24.txt">"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files"</a>. 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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></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 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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 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