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Gaithersburg is located to the northwest of Washington, D.C., and is considered a suburb and a primary city within the Washington metropolitan area. Gaithersburg was incorporated as a town in 1878 and as a city in 1968. Gaithersburg is located east and west of Interstate 270. The eastern section includes the historic area of the town.
Map of the United States with Maryland highlighted. Maryland is a state located in the Southern United States. [1] As of the 2020 United States census, Maryland is the 18th-most populous state with 6,177,224 inhabitants and the ninth-smallest by land area, spanning 9,707.24 square miles (25,141.6 km 2) of land. [2]
The Gaithersburg Police Department was founded on April 1, 1963, [6] when a resolution creating it was signed into law by the mayor of the city at the time, Merton F. Duvall. The town budget for fiscal year 1964 included "police protection" salaries for the solitary officer amounting to $4,000 (equivalent to $39296 today), and equipment ...
Permits are not automatically renewed. Out of a total population of 6 million, there were 14,298 active carry permits as of April 2014. [28] No permit is required to openly carry a rifle or shotgun in Maryland. On August 5, 2019, Maryland State Police issued a new S.O.P. SOP 29-19-004 [29] which rescinded the previous SOP 29-15-007.
This is a list of sister states, regions, and cities in the U.S. state of Maryland. Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.
In 1984, the Montgomery County Council voted to build Quince Orchard High School in order to reduce crowding at Gaithersburg High School, and it allocated $20 million for its construction in 1984. [5] [6] [7] The school was expected to have 1,680 students upon opening, and it was designed to have a capacity of 2,000 students. [8]
Montgomery County Airpark (IATA: GAI, ICAO: KGAI, FAA LID: GAI) is a U.S. public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the city of Gaithersburg, in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
Katz was a member of the City of Gaithersburg Planning Commission from 1976 until 1978. [9] He served as a Gaithersburg council member beginning in 1978. [5] After Mayor W. Edward Bohrer died in office of a stroke in 1998, the Gaithersburg Council appointed Katz the new mayor. [10]