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Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, it is an edge city [3] with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 census, [4] making it the fifth-most-populous place in Maryland after Baltimore, Columbia, Germantown, and Waldorf.
Located in the Silver Spring CDP, Lyttonsville is bordered by East-West Highway (Maryland Route 410) to the south, beyond which is the neighborhood of Rock Creek Forest and, further south, Washington, D.C. Rock Creek Park and Chevy Chase are located to the west, Forest Glen Park to the north, and Woodside and Downtown Silver Spring to the east.
The Forest Glen Annex is a 136-acre (0.55 km 2) U.S. Army installation in the Forest Glen Park neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. It is situated between Brookville Road and Linden Lane.
Woodside Urban Park is a 2.3-acre recreational park located on the southern edge of the neighborhood. The park was renovated and expanded in 2010 and contains picnic tables, a large children's play area, tennis courts, a bronze statue of a man on a unicycle, and a water fountain that provides a soothing counterpoint to busy Georgia Avenue.
Burnt Mills Dam, Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River, Silver Spring, MD. In the 1700s, a water mill was built at the easternmost corner of Four Corners, where today's Colesville Road passes over the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River and becomes Columbia Pike. The mill building burned down in 1788, hence the name Burnt Mills.
It is located just north of central Silver Spring which it is a part of, and just north of the Capital Beltway around Georgia Avenue. According to the United States Census Bureau, the place has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km 2), all land, although Sligo Creek and several drainage ponds are located in the area.
Small grayscale map of Washington DC showing Georgia Avenue Georgia Avenue (US 29) heading north in Silver Spring, Maryland. Georgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland. In Washington, D.C., and for a short distance in Silver Spring, Maryland, Georgia Avenue is also U.S. Route 29.
The district includes the Little Ethiopia area of Silver Spring and Takoma Park, and has the largest Ethiopian American population of any congressional district. [5] Politically, the district is heavily liberal. It has consistently sent Democratic representatives to Congress by wide margins since 2002. In 2020, Joe Biden won nearly 80% of its vote.