Welcome to Montgomery County, Maryland Cities and Towns of Montgomery County, MD Montgomery county contains the following incorporated municipalities: Cities: Gaithersburg (incorporated 1878) Rockville (incorporated 1860) Takoma Park (incorporated 1890) Towns: Barnesville (incorporated 1888) Brookeville (incorporated 1808) Chevy Chase (Town of) (incorporated 1918) Chevy Chase View (incorporated 1993) Chevy Chase Village (incorporated 1910) Garrett Park (incorporated 1898) Glen Echo (incorporated 1904) Kensington (incorporated 1894) Laytonsville (incorporated 1892) Poolesville (incorporated 1867) Somerset (incorporated 1906) Washington Grove (incorporated 1937) Villages: Chevy Chase, Village of, Section 3 (incorporated 1982) Chevy Chase, Village of, Section 5 (incorporated 1982) Martin's Additions (incorporated 1985) North Chevy Chase (incorporated 1996) Though the three incorporated cities of Gaithersburg, Rockville, and Takoma Park lie within its boundaries, the most urbanized areas in the county include such unincorporated areas as Bethesda and Silver Spring. Occupying a middle ground between incorporated and unincorporated areas are Special Tax Districts, quasi-municipal unincorporated areas created by legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly. They lack home rule authority and must petition the General Assembly for changes affecting the authority of the district. The four incorporated villages of Montgomery County and the town of Chevy Chase View were originally established as Special Tax Districts. Three Special Tax Districts remain in the county: Drummond, Village of (1916) Friendship Heights and "The Hills" (1914) Oakmont (1918) The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated places in the county: Ashton-Sandy Spring Aspen Hill Bethesda Brookmont Burtonsville Cabin John Calverton (This CDP is shared between Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.) Chevy Chase (Note that this is also the name of an incorporated town) Clarksburg Cloverly Colesville Damascus Darnestown Fairland Forest Glen Friendship Village (This CDP includes the Village of Friendship Heights.) Germantown Hillandale (This CDP is shared between Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.) Kemp Mill Montgomery Village North Bethesda North Kensington North Potomac Olney Potomac Redland Rossmoor Silver Spring South Kensington Travilah Wheaton-Glenmont White Oak Other unincorporated places: Beallsville Boyds Derwood Dickerson [soucre: wikipedia.org] ©2007 Genealogy Trails