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

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.

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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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