Wheaton, Maryland
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Wheaton is an unincorporated but urbanized area in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, north of Washington, D.C., northwest of Silver Spring. Wheaton takes its name from Frank Wheaton, a major-general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
As an unincorporated area, Wheaton's boundaries are not officially defined. The United States Census Bureau has not chosen to make Wheaton itself into a Census-Designated Place, but instead combines it with Glenmont into a single Wheaton-Glenmont CDP, centered at , whose 2000 census population was 57,694. According to Rand McNally, the Greater Wheaton area (which extends beyond Wheaton-Glenmont CDP) had an estimated population of 134,800 in 2005. The United States Geological Survey, however, does consider Wheaton as a place whose center is at latitude . The United States Postal Service does not consider Wheaton as a place on its own but treats it as a part of the Silver Spring area; however, it does have a separate ZIP Code: 20902. Other organizations may use their own definitions.
Wheaton is home to the Wheaton Regional Park, which includes a nature center; riding stables; a picnic area with carousel and miniature train; an athletic complex with tennis bubble, ice rink, in-line skating rink, and ball fields; and Brookside Gardens, Montgomery County's award-winning 50-acre (200,000-m²) public display garden.
It is served by the Wheaton stop on the Red Line of the Washington Metro system. The Wheaton Metro station has the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere.
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State of Maryland Cities | Government | History | U.S. Senators and Representatives |
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| State capital:
| Annapolis |
| Regions:
| Western | Southern | Eastern Shore | Baltimore-Washington Metro Area | Chesapeake | Delaware Valley |
| Notable Cities:
| Baltimore, Maryland>Baltimore | Bowie | College Park | Cumberland | Frederick | Gaithersburg | Greenbelt | Hagerstown | Hyattsville | Laurel | Rockville | Salisbury | Takoma Park | Westminster |
| Counties:
| Allegany | Anne Arundel | Baltimore City | Baltimore County | Calvert | Caroline | Carroll | Cecil | Charles | Dorchester | Frederick | Garrett | Harford | Howard | Kent | Montgomery | Prince George's | Queen Anne's | St. Mary's | Somerset | Talbot | Washington | Wicomico | Worcester |
External links
- http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/brookside/
- http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/facilities/regional_parks/wheaton/index.shtm
- http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=33
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