Gaithersburg

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Gaithersburg

Total population

70,708

Median home value

$530,500

52.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$119,888

Gaithersburg$120k

National$74k

Weather79°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates39.15°, -77.20°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Gaithersburg 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.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Gaithersburg, MD from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Patrick Magruder

Librarian of Congress (1768-1819)

Rose O'Neal Greenhow

American spy (1814–1864)

Ninian Edwards

American politician (1775-1833)

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Bruce Murray

American soccer player

Isaiah Swann

American basketball player (born 1985)

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Jared Williams

American politician (1766-1831)

Phil Galfond

American poker player

A. Bruce Bielaski

American lawyer and government official (1883-1964)

Carrie Ingalls

Little House on the Prairie character

Edgar Thomas Conley

United States Army officer (1874–1956); served as Adjutant General

Elijah V. White

Confederate Army officer (1832-1907)

George Holmes Howison

American philosopher

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Alan Stuart Weakley

botanist (born 1957)

Henry Blair

American inventor (1807–1860)

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Jake Ehrlich

American lawyer (1900-1971)

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John Ross Key

American judge (1754–1821)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Maryland

• Flower Hill
  1.5 mi away
• Montgomery Village
  2.8 mi away
• Redland
  2.9 mi away
• Derwood
  3.4 mi away
• Germantown
  4.1 mi away
• North Potomac
  4.3 mi away
• Laytonsville
  5.2 mi away
• Clarksburg
  6.4 mi away
• Olney
  6.6 mi away
• Aspen Hill
  7.2 mi away
• Leisure World
  7.4 mi away
• Darnestown
  7.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Gaithersburg

City Maps Gaithersburg Maryland, USA

James McFee · 2017

DOD-DOE Workshop on Joint Energy Activities, March 10-12, 1980, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland

DOD-DOE Workshop on Joint Energy Activities (1980 National Bureau of Standards) · 1980

Computer Networking Symposium

Computer Networking Symposium (1984 National Bureau of Standards) · 1984

Greater Than a Tourist- Gaithersburg Maryland USA

Greater Than Tourist · 2020

The Gaithersburg report

1962

Workshop on Electronic Dosimetry, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, October 14-16, 1997

K. L. Swinth · 1998

New directions for operations research in manufacturing

G. Fandel · 1992

Transportation Management Workshop

Transportation Management Workshop (1993 Gaithersburg, Md.) · 1993

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