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 with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth-most-populous place in Maryland after Baltimore, Columbia, Germantown, and Waldorf.
Mid-Atlantic
Silver Spring
Montgomery County, MD
Population
81,808
Walk Score
100 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,826
Median home value
$606,100
Founded
1887
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Hammond Wood Historic District · listed 2004
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory · listed 2025
- Rock Creek Woods Historic District · listed 2004
Notable landmarks
- Carson, Rachel, House · listed 1991
- Milimar · listed 1973
- Polychrome Historic District · listed 1996
- Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station · listed 2000
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