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Gaithersburg began in 1765 as a small agricultural settlement known as Log Town, gaining the name Gaithersburg a few years later. In 1850, the post office was named "Forest Oak". In 1873 the B&O Railroad constructed a station at Gaithersburg, designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin as part of his well-known series of Victorian stations in Maryland. Rapid growth occurred shortly thereafter, and on April 5, 1878 the town was officially incorporated as the City of Gaithersburg.
In 1899, Gaithersburg was selected as one of six global locations for the construction of an International Latitude Observatory as part of a project to measure the earth's wobble on its polar axis. The Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is (as of 2007) the only National Historic Landmark in the City of Gaithersburg. The observatory and five others in Japan, Italy, Russia, and the United States gathered information that is still used by scientists today, along with information from satellites, to determine polar motion; the size, shape, and physical properties of the earth; and to aid the space program through the precise navigational patterns of orbiting satellites. The Gaithersburg station operated until 1982 when computerization rendered the manual observation obsolete.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland
County: Gaithersburg is located in Montgomery County
Gaithersburg Zip Codes: 20877, 20878, 20879, 20882
Gaithersburg Public Schools:
Elementary School: Rachael Carson Elementary; Goshen Elementary; Stone Mill Elementary; Judith A. Resnick Elementary; Whetstone Elementary; Stedwick Elementary
Middle School: Ridgeview Middle; Forest Oak Middle; Gaithersburg Middle; Shady Grove Middle
High School: Gaithersburg High; Watkins Mill High; Quince Orchard High
Gaithersburg School Information
Gaithersburg Population: 119,461
Gaithersburg White Population: 74,575
Gaithersburg Black Population: 14,570
Gaithersburg Hispanic Population: 16,389
Gaithersburg Asian Population: 18,246
Gaithersburg Hawaiian Population: 56
Gaithersburg Indian Population: 391
Gaithersburg Other Population: 7,208
Gaithersburg Male Population: 58,693
Gaithersburg Female Population: 60,768
Gaithersburg Average House Value: $209,975.00
Gaithersburg Average Household Income: $74,882.50
Gaithersburg Average Persons Per Household: 2.96
Gaithersburg Median Age: 34.85
Gaithersburg Median Age Male: 33.95
Gaithersburg Median Age Female: 35.65
Gaithersburg Business Establishments: 3,947
Gaithersburg Employees: 57,799
Gaithersburg Total Annual Payroll: $2,472,794,000.00
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