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Rockville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. According to the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 67,117, making it the fourth largest incorporated city in Maryland .
Known as Rockville by 1803, the town’s life centered on Courthouse activity. More homes and shops were built, and the town of nearly 600 was incorporated in 1860. Opening of rail service in 1873 transformed Rockville into a bustling summer resort and commuter town.
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Early history
Situated in the Piedmont region and crossed by three creeks (Rock Creek, Cabin John Creek, and Watts Branch), Rockville provided an excellent refuge for semi-nomadic Native Americans as early as 8000 BC. By the first millennium BC, a few of these groups had settled down into year-round agricultural communities that exploited the native flora, including sunflowers and marsh elder. By AD 1200, these early groups (dubbed Montgomery Indians by later archaeologists) were increasingly drawn into co...
18th century
The first land patents in the Rockville area were obtained by Arthur Nelson between 1717 and 1735. Within three decades, the first permanent buildings in what would become the center of Rockville were established on this land. Still a part of Prince George's County at this time, the growth of Daniel Dulaney's Frederick Town prompted the separation of the western portion of the county, including Rockville, into Frederick Countyin 1748. Being a small, unincorporated town, early Rockville was kn...
19th century
It was first considered to officially name the town Wattsville, after the nearby Watts Branch, but the stream was later considered too small to give its name to the town. On July 16, 1803, when the area was officially entered into the county land records with the name "Rockville," derived from Rock Creek. Nevertheless, the name Montgomery Court House continued to appear on maps and other documents through the 1820s. By petition of Rockville's citizens, the Maryland General Assembly incorporat...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.57 square miles (35.15 km2), of which, 13.51 square miles (34.99 km2) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water.
Income
The median income for a household in the city as of 2015 was $100,239. As of 2007, the median income for a family was $98,257. Males had a median income of $53,764 versus $38,788 for females. In 2015, the per capita income for the city was $49,399. 7.8% of the population and 5.6% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 8.9% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 61,209 people, 23,686 households, and 15,524 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,530.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,749.3/km2). There were 25,199 housing units at an average density of 1,865.2 per square mile (720.2/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 60.4% White (52.8% non-Hispanic white), 9.6% African American, 0.3% Native American, 20.6% Asian, 5.3% from other races, and 3.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of an...
Rockville has one sister city: 1. Pinneberg (Schleswig-Holstein, Federal Republic of Germany) It has a "friendship relationship" (a step preliminary to a sister-city relationship) with another city: 1. Jiaxing (Zhejiang, People's Republic of China)
Rockville Express, a Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball League team, 2007 CRSCBL League ChampionsThe city is also home to the Rockville Baseball Association, a youth baseball and softball organization that has offered programing every year since its founding in 1954.Rockville is served by Montgomery County Public Schools. Public high schools in Rockville include Thomas S. Wootton High School, Richard Montgomery High School, and Rockville High School. Prior to integration in 1961, black students were educated at George Washington Carver High Schoolin Rockville. The John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Childre...
Roads and highways
The most prominent highway directly serving Rockville is Interstate 270. I-270 is the main highway leading northwest out of metropolitan Washington, D.C., beginning at Interstate 495 (the Capital Beltway) and proceeding northwestward to Interstate 70 in Frederick. Maryland Route 355 was the precursor to I-270 and follows a parallel route, and now serves as the main commercial roadway through Rockville and neighboring communities. Other state highways serving Rockville directly include Marylan...
Public transportation
The Washington Metro Red Line rail system can be accessed at Rockville station and Twinbrook station. The Brunswick Line of the MARC commuter rail system runs to and from Washington, D.C., and can be accessed at Rockville Station. Amtraktrains also serve Rockville. Bus service connects Rockville directly to the regional transit hub at Baltimore–Washington International Airport, and to downtown Baltimore via the Maryland Transit Administration ICC Bus and the Baltimore Light Rail. Ride On buse...
Gordy Coleman, Major League Baseball playerJerome Dyson (born 1987), professional basketball playerPaul Goldstein (born 1976), tennis playerMap of Rockville, 1879Rockville, Maryland - Looking NorthwestRockville Maryland - Looking NortheastThis Tour highlights the town of Rockville, Maryland as it existed from 1801 to 1850. This Tour highlights the town of Rockville, Maryland as it existed from 1801 to ...
The Rockville Railroad Station in Rockville, Maryland in 2017 Summit Avenue in Gaithersburg, Maryland in the early 1900s The Montgomery County Fair in Rockville, Maryland in 1917 By 1776, there was a growing movement to form a new, strong U.S. federal government , with each of the Thirteen Colonies retaining the authority to govern its local ...
By 1946, the population had grown to 87,777 and Charter proponents tried again. They were again defeated, but in 1948, 56 percent of the voters approved the change, making Montgomery the first county in Maryland to adopt a home rule charter. The new charter established a Council-Manager form of government.
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