12 Facts About Rockville Maryland

Later, the Rockville Maryland Assembly set the standard of 20 feet for main thoroughfares and designated the Rock Creek Main Road or Great Road to be built to this standard.

The location of the road, near the present Rockville Maryland Pike, was strategically located on higher ground making it dry year-round.

The southern portion of the county, of which Rockville Maryland was a part, was named Montgomery County.

At the time, Rockville Maryland did not have a name; it was generally called Hungerford's Tavern, after the well-known tavern in it.

Rockville Maryland came to greater prominence when Montgomery county was created and later when George Town was ceded to the federal government to create the District of Columbia.

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In 1913, on the birthday of Jefferson Davis, the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a statue near the Rockville Maryland courthouse dedicated to Confederate soldiers from Montgomery County.

From Rockville MARC provides service to Union Station in Washington D C and, Frederick and Martinsburg, West Virginia, as well as intermediate points.

Rockville soon became the first city in Maryland to enter into a government funded urban renewal program.

Rockville Maryland was incorporated in 1860, but its early records were destroyed by Confederate soldiers in July 1864.

Rockville Maryland is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools system.

Public high schools in Rockville include Thomas S Wootton High School, Richard Montgomery High School, and Rockville High School.

Additional Institutions of higher education in Rockville include the University of Maryland Global Campus, The Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus, and the Universities at Shady Grove, a collaboration of nine Maryland public degree-granting institutions, all have Rockville addresses, but are just outside the city limits.