Rockville
city in and seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States; suburb of Washington, D.C.
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Key Facts
- Member of: Maryland Municipal League[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Montgomery County[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Rock Creek[6]
- Head of government: Monique Ashton[7]
- Instance of: county seat[8]
- Shares border with: Gaithersburg[9], Aspen Hill[10], Norbeck[11], North Bethesda[12], Potomac[13]
- Named after: Rock Creek[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Pinneberg[15]
- Postal code: 20847[16], 20848[17], 20849[18], 20850[19], 20851[20], 20852[21], 20853[22], 20857[23]
- Commons category: Rockville, Maryland[24]
- Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[25], UTC−05:00[26], UTC−04:00[27], America/New_York[28]
- Local dialing code: 301[29], 240[30]
- Inception: 1700[31]
- Official website: https://www.rockvillemd.gov/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rockville, Maryland[33]
- Population: 66,940[34], 200[35], 400[36], 2047[37], 6934[38], 45,000[39], 68,401[40], 66,420[41], 65,171[42], 68,079[43], 61,209[44], 67,117[45]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Rockville, Maryland[46]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online[47], Maryland Manual[48]
- Capital of: Montgomery County[49]
- Official name: Rockville[50]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rockville, Maryland[51]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Rockville[52]
- Number of households: 24,874[53], 23,686[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Rockville include (Don't Go Back To) Rockville[55], a single[56] and Rockville station[57], a railway station[58], in United States[59], founded in 1984[60].
Why It Matters
Rockville has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Rockville is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Rockville include (Don't Go Back To) Rockville[55], a single[56] and Rockville station[57], a railway station[58], in United States[59], founded in 1984[60].