Silver Spring
community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
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Summary
Silver Spring is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of census designated place in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,614 views/month, #11 of 9,562).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Montgomery County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: unincorporated community[5], human settlement[6]
- Shares border with: Takoma Park[7], Forest Glen[8], Washington, D.C.[9], Northwest[10], Langley Park[11]
- Postal code: 20901[12], 20902[13], 20903[14], 20904[15], 20905[16], 20906[17], 20907[18], 20908[19], 20910[20], 20911[21], 20914[22], 20915[23], 20916[24], 20918[25]
- Commons category: Silver Spring, Maryland[26]
- Local dialing code: 301[27], 240[28]
- Inception: 1887[29]
- Coordinate location: 39.002441, -77.020791[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Silver Spring, Maryland[31]
- Population: 71,452[32], 75,386[33], 79,483[34], 81,015[35]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online[36]
- Topic has template: Template:Silver Spring, Maryland[37]
- Official name: Silver Spring[38]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Silver Spring, Maryland[39]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Silver Spring, Maryland[40]
- Number of households: 32,114[41]
- Native label: Silver Spring[42]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Silver Spring, Maryland[43]
- Different from: Silver Spring[44]
- Elevation above sea level: 104[45]
- Area: 20.585691[46], 20.500126[47], 20.496552[48], 7.914[49]
- Köppen climate classification: humid subtropical climate[50]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Silver Spring include it station[51], a metro station[52], in United States[53], founded in 1978[54].
Why It Matters
Silver Spring has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for it include it station[51], a metro station[52], in United States[53], founded in 1978[54].