Potomac
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census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, suburb of Washington, DC
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Montgomery
- First settled
- 1714 ; 312 years ago ( 1714 )
- Total
- 26.58 sq mi (68.85 km )
- Land
- 25.14 sq mi (65.12 km )
- Water
- 1.44 sq mi (3.73 km )
- Elevation
- 292 ft (89 m)
- Density
- 1,869.9/sq mi (721.99/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 20854, 20859
- Area codes
- 301, 240
- Fips code
- 24-63300
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Potomac
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Montgomery County
- Population
- 47018
- Area
- 68.867706
- Elevation
- 110
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Potomac River
- Shares border with
- Travilah
- Image
- Great Falls Tavern MD (14289303031).jpg
- Households
- 16131
- Dialing code
- 240
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- topic's main category
- Category:Potomac, Maryland
- Commons category
- Potomac, Maryland
- postal code
- 20859
- Köppen climate classification
- humid subtropical climate
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Potomac, Maryland
- water as percent of area
- 5.5036
- per capita income
- 88621
- P12749
- Andrej Hunko
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Encyclopedic overview
Potomac (/pəˈtoʊmək/ ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018. It is named after the nearby Potomac River. A part of the Washington metropolitan area, many Potomac residents work in nearby Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Potomac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.