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Gaithersburg
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city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, Suburb of Washington DC
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Montgomery
- Incorporated as a town
- April 5, 1878
- Named after
- Benjamin Gaither
- Mayor
- Jud Ashman
- Council members
- Neil Harris , Lisa Henderson , Yamil Hernández , Jim McNulty , Robert T. Wu
- Total
- 10.44 sq mi (27.05 km )
- Land
- 10.32 sq mi (26.73 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.32 km )
- Elevation
- 350 ft (110 m)
- Density
- 6,748.9/sq mi (2,605.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Area codes
- 301, 240
- Fips code
- 24-31175
- Website
- gaithersburgmd .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Gaithersburg
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Montgomery County
- Population
- 69101
- Area
- 26.909715
- Elevation
- 153
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Shares border with
- Washington Grove
- Official website
- www.gaithersburgmd.gov
- Image
- Gaithersburg, Maryland.jpg
- Households
- 24713
- Dialing code
- 240
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- postal code
- 20899
- P12749
- Waterloo
- topic's main category
- Category:Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Commons category
- Gaithersburg, Maryland
- inception
- 1802-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Gaithersburg
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Gaithersburg, Maryland
- native label
- Gaithersburg
- social media followers
- 5678
- P8168
- Sanson
- water as percent of area
- 1.3839
- Köppen climate classification
- humid subtropical climate
- per capita income
- 45714
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Washington metropolitan area
- number of viewers/listeners
- 512629
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Encyclopedic overview
Gaithersburg (/ˈɡeɪθərzbɜːrɡ/ GAY-thərz-burg) is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. At the time of the 2020 United States census, Gaithersburg had a population of 69,657, making it the third-largest incorporated city and the ninth-most populous community in the state. Gaithersburg is located to the northwest of Washington, D.C., and is considered a suburb and a primary city within the Washington metropolitan area. Gaithersburg was incorporated as a town in 1878 and as a city in 1968.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is headquartered in Gaithersburg directly west of I-270. Other major employers in the city include IBM, Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services business area headquarters, AstraZeneca. Gaithersburg is also the location of the garrison of the United States Army Reserve Legal Command.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaithersburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.