16 Facts About Bethesda Maryland

Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located just northwest of Washington, D C It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House, which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda.

Bethesda Maryland is located in a region that was populated by the Piscataway and Nacotchtank tribes at the time of European colonization.

Bethesda Maryland stayed with the Piscataway tribe from 1623 to 1627, either as a guest or prisoner .

Between 1805 and 1821, Bethesda Maryland became a rural way station after the development of the Washington and Rockville Turnpike, which carried tobacco and other products between Georgetown and Rockville, and north to Frederick.

Bethesda Maryland did not develop beyond a small crossroads village through the 19th century.

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Still, mass production of the automobile ended that dependency and Bethesda Maryland planners grew the community with the transportation revolution in mind.

In recent years, Bethesda Maryland has become the major urban core and employment center of southwestern Montgomery County.

Main commercial corridor that passes through Bethesda is Maryland Route 355, which, to the north, connects Bethesda with the communities of North Bethesda and Rockville, ending, after several name changes, in Frederick.

Bethesda Maryland is often associated with its neighboring communities, Potomac, Chevy Chase, Great Falls, Virginia, and McLean, Virginia, for their similar demographics.

Important medical institutions located in Bethesda Maryland include the National Institutes of Health campus, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and the adjoining Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, as well as a number of other military medical and research institutions.

Software company Bethesda Maryland Softworks was originally located in Bethesda Maryland but moved to Rockville in 1990.

Bethesda Maryland has two farmers markets, the Montgomery Farm Woman's Cooperative Market and the Bethesda Maryland Central Farmer's Market.

Bethesda Maryland is the home of Congressional Country Club, which is recognized as one of the world's most prestigious private country clubs.

Bethesda Maryland is home to a federally funded and operated health science university, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences .

Writer's Center in Bethesda Maryland publishes Poet Lore, the longest continuously running poetry journal in the United States.

Downtown Bethesda Maryland is managed by the Bethesda Maryland Urban Partnership, a non-profit organization established in 1994 by Montgomery County.