Editing Montgomery County, Maryland (section)

==Communities==

===Cities===
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* [[Gaithersburg, Maryland|Gaithersburg]]
* [[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]] (county seat)
* [[Takoma Park, Maryland|Takoma Park]]
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===Towns===
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* [[Barnesville, Maryland|Barnesville]]
* [[Brookeville, Maryland|Brookeville]]
* [[Chevy Chase (town), Maryland|Chevy Chase]]
* [[Chevy Chase View, Maryland|Chevy Chase View]]
* [[Chevy Chase Village, Maryland|Chevy Chase Village]]
* [[Garrett Park, Maryland|Garrett Park]]
* [[Glen Echo, Maryland|Glen Echo]]
* [[Kensington, Maryland|Kensington]]
* [[Laytonsville, Maryland|Laytonsville]]
* [[Poolesville, Maryland|Poolesville]]
* [[Somerset, Maryland|Somerset]]
* [[Washington Grove, Maryland|Washington Grove]]
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===Villages===
* [[Chevy Chase Section Three, Maryland|Chevy Chase, Village of, Section 3]]
* [[Chevy Chase Section Five, Maryland|Chevy Chase, Village of, Section 5]]
* [[Martin's Additions, Maryland|Martin's Additions]]
* [[North Chevy Chase, Maryland|North Chevy Chase]]

===Special Tax Districts===
Occupying a middle ground between incorporated and unincorporated areas are Special Tax Districts, quasi-municipal unincorporated areas created by legislation passed by either the [[Maryland General Assembly]] or the county.<ref name=1998handbook>{{cite web |url=http://mlis.state.md.us/other/Legislative_Handbooks/Volume%20VI/chapter4.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317025037/http://mlis.state.md.us/other/Legislative_Handbooks/Volume%20VI/chapter4.htm |archive-date=March 17, 2008 |title=Special Taxing Districts and Regional Agencies |work=1998 Legislative Handbook |publisher=General Assembly of Maryland |date=1998}}</ref> The Special Tax Districts generally have limited purposes, such as providing some municipal services or improvements to drainage or street lighting.<ref name=1998handbook/> Special Tax Districts lack home rule authority and must petition their cognizant governmental entity for changes affecting the authority of the district. The four incorporated villages of Montgomery County and the town of Chevy Chase View were originally established as Special Tax Districts. Four Special Tax Districts remain in the county:
* [[Drummond, Maryland|Drummond]]
* [[Oakmont, Maryland|Oakmont]]

===Census-designated places===
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Unincorporated areas are also considered as towns by many people and listed in many collections of towns, but they lack local government. Various organizations, such as the [[United States Census Bureau]], the [[United States Postal Service]], and local chambers of commerce, define the communities they wish to recognize differently, and since they are not incorporated, their boundaries have no official status outside the organizations in question. The Census Bureau recognizes the following [[census-designated place]]s in the county:

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* [[Ashton-Sandy Spring, Maryland|Ashton-Sandy Spring]]
* [[Aspen Hill, Maryland|Aspen Hill]]
* [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]]
* [[Brookmont, Maryland|Brookmont]]
* [[Burtonsville, Maryland|Burtonsville]]
* [[Cabin John, Maryland|Cabin John]]
* [[Calverton, Maryland|Calverton]] (partly in [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]])
* [[Chevy Chase (CDP), Maryland|Chevy Chase]]
* [[Clarksburg, Maryland|Clarksburg]]
* [[Cloverly, Maryland|Cloverly]]
* [[Colesville, Maryland|Colesville]]
* [[Damascus, Maryland|Damascus]]
* [[Darnestown, Maryland|Darnestown]]
* [[Fairland, Maryland|Fairland]]
* [[Forest Glen, Maryland|Forest Glen]]
* [[Four Corners, Maryland|Four Corners]]
* [[Germantown, Maryland|Germantown]]
* [[Glenmont, Maryland|Glenmont]]
* [[Hillandale, Maryland|Hillandale]] (partly in [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]])
* [[Kemp Mill, Maryland|Kemp Mill]]
* [[Layhill, Maryland|Layhill]]
* [[Leisure World, Maryland|Leisure World]]
* [[Montgomery Village, Maryland|Montgomery Village]]
* [[North Bethesda, Maryland|North Bethesda]]
* [[North Potomac, Maryland|North Potomac]]
* [[Olney, Maryland|Olney]]
* [[Potomac, Maryland|Potomac]]
* [[Redland, Maryland|Redland]]
* [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]]
* [[South Kensington, Maryland|South Kensington]]
* [[Travilah, Maryland|Travilah]]
* [[Wheaton, Maryland|Wheaton]]
* [[White Oak, Maryland|White Oak]]
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===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Ashton, Maryland|Ashton]]
* [[Beallsville, Maryland|Beallsville]]
* [[Boyds, Maryland|Boyds]]
* [[Derwood, Maryland|Derwood]]
* [[Dickerson, Maryland|Dickerson]]
* [[Hyattstown, Maryland|Hyattstown]]
* [[Sandy Spring, Maryland|Sandy Spring]]