Located in Montgomery County
A diverse, midsized MoCo city
The history of Gaithersburg stretches back to 1765 when it was a small agricultural village called Log Town. Over the years, it would be defined by its proximity to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Great Road West, now known as Frederick Avenue, where General George Washington marched with his troops between Frederick, Maryland and Georgetown. What remains of the 18th-century town square is still preserved as Olde Towne Plaza, with the city’s MARC train station and several small shops.
Neighborhoods encircle The National Institute of Standards and Technology, while most shopping and retail dot along the two major thoroughfares running east to west through Gaithersburg. What was once vast swaths of farmland has now been paved over for developments with an expansion of over 4,000 businesses, becoming a magnet for tech companies. Along Interstate 270 is the BioHealth Capital Region, and the National Institutes of Health and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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