15 Facts About Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg is located to the northwest of Washington, and is considered a suburb and a primary city within the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Gaithersburg was incorporated as a town in 1878 and as a city in 1968.

Gaithersburg is the location of the garrison of the United States Army Reserve Legal Command.

Gaithersburg is noted for its ethnic and economic diversity; it was ranked second for ethnic diversity among the 501 largest U S cities, and first among smaller U S cities, by WalletHub in 2021.

Gaithersburg was settled in 1765 as a small agricultural settlement known as Log Town near the present day Summit Hall on Ralph Crabb's 1725 land grant "Deer Park".

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Gaithersburg boomed during the late 19th century and churches, schools, a mill, grain elevators, stores, and hotels were built.

In 1899, Gaithersburg was selected as one of six global locations for the construction of an International Latitude Observatory as part of a project to measure the Earth's wobble on its polar axis.

The Gaithersburg station operated until 1982 when computerization rendered the manual observation obsolete.

Gaithersburg remained a predominantly rural farm town until the 1970s when more construction began.

Gaithersburg receives significant income from its conference organization platform including prominent conferences such as the CHI 84 conference.

Gaithersburg has an elected, five-member City Council, which serves as the legislative body of the city.

Gaithersburg is the location of the United States Army Reserve Legal Command.

Gaithersburg is primarily served by the Washington, D C media market.

I-370 is a short spur, starting just west of I-270 in Gaithersburg and heading east to its junction with Maryland Route 200.

Gaithersburg is connected to the Washington Metro via Shady Grove station, which is located just outside the city limits and is the north-western terminus of the Red Line.