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Montgomery County, Maryland

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Introduction

Montgomery County, Maryland is a suburban county in the State of Maryland north and west of Washington, D.C.. Its county seat is Rockville.

Geography

Montgomery County includes nineteen municipalities:

  1. Barnesville (incorporated 1888)
  2. Brookeville (incorporated 1808)
  3. Chevy Chase (Town of) (incorporated 1918)
  4. Chevy Chase View (incorporated 1993)
  5. Chevy Chase Village (incorporated 1910)
  6. Chevy Chase, Village of, Section 3 (incorporated 1982)
  7. Chevy Chase, Village of, Section 5 (incorporated 1982)
  8. Gaithersburg (incorporated 1878)
  9. Garrett Park (incorporated 1898)
  10. Glen Echo (incorporated 1904)
  11. Kensington (incorporated 1894)
  12. Laytonsville (incorporated 1892)
  13. Martin's Additions (incorporated 1985)
  14. North Chevy Chase (incorporated 1996)
  15. Poolesville (incorporated 1867)
  16. Rockville (incorporated 1860)
  17. Somerset (incorporated 1906)
  18. Takoma Park (incorporated 1890)
  19. Washington Grove (incorporated 1937)

Though the three incorporated cities of Gaithersburg, Rockville, and Takoma Park lie within its boundaries, the most urbanized areas in the county are the unincorporated areas of Bethesda and Silver Spring. Other important unincorporated areas are Aspen Hill, Olney, and Wheaton

Demography

The population as of the 2000 census was 873,341.

Economy

Law/Government

Montgomery County was granted a charter form of government in 1948.

County Executive

The current county executive is Douglas Duncan. Earlier county executives have included:

  1. James Gleason
  2. Charles Gilchrist
  3. Sidney Kramer

Legislative body

The Montgomery County Council was originally composed of seven members, all elected at large, but with five required to reside in specific districts. In 19__ the charter was revised to provide that the five district councilmembers would be elected by the voters in their districts, but the size of the council was increased to nine members, with four at large.

History

The area now known as Montgomery County was originally a part of Charles County when counties were first established in Maryland. In 1696 parts of Charles and Baltimore Counties were split off to form the new Prince George's County. In turn, in 1748, a portion of Prince George's County produced Frederick County. Montgomery County was formed in 1776 by the splitting of Frederick County. The former Frederick County was subdivided into three; the central portion remained Frederick County, while the western was named Washington County in honor of General (later President) George Washington, and the eastern part was named Montgomery County in honor of another Revolutionary War general, Richard Montgomery.

In 1791, portions of Montgomery and Prince George's County, Maryland, as well as parts of Virginia, were ceded to form the new District of Columbia. (The portions originally ceded by Virginia were returned in 18__.)

In 1997, a portion of Prince George's County was transferred to Montgomery County so that the entire city of Takoma Park would be in a single county.

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