Editing Wheaton, Maryland (section)

==Features==
[[File:Brookside Gardens.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Brookside Gardens in Wheaton Regional Park]]
[[File:Wheaton Station long exposure.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Platform at [[Wheaton station (Washington Metro)|Wheaton station]]]]
[[File:Wheaton Library and Recreation Center.jpg|thumb|The New Library and Recreation Center, Which Opened on September 8, 2019.]]
Wheaton is home to the [[Wheaton Regional Park]], which includes a nature center; riding stables; dog park; a picnic area with [[carousel]] and miniature train; an athletic complex with indoor tennis, ice rink, inline skating rink, and ball fields; and [[Brookside Gardens]], Montgomery County's 50-acre (200,000-m²) [[botanical garden|public display garden]]. Much of Wheaton was developed in the 1950s. In the 1960s, its shopping center, Wheaton Plaza (now known as [[Westfield Wheaton]]), was the largest in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. 
The Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad is one of the busiest (11,000 calls in 2007) predominantly volunteer fire departments in Montgomery County.

The diversity of the neighborhood is reflected by the high concentration of various ethnic restaurants located in Wheaton.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dining :: Wheaton MD|url=https://www.wheatonmd.org/dining/restaurants|access-date=2021-03-10|website=www.wheatonmd.org}}</ref>

It is served by the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red Line]] of the [[Washington Metro]] system. Spanning 508 feet (155 m), the [[Wheaton station (Washington Metro)|Wheaton station]] has the [[Escalator|longest escalator]] in the Western Hemisphere.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2005/06/03/CU2005060301365.html The Five Longest Rides]. ''[[The Washington Post]]''. 2005-06-03. Retrieved 2007-12-11.</ref><ref>Carroll, Caitlin. [http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2005/09/19/Life/Whats.The.Deal.With.The.Wheaton.Metro.Station.Escalator-989091.shtml What's the deal with... the Wheaton Metro station escalator?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302221417/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2005/09/19/Life/Whats.The.Deal.With.The.Wheaton.Metro.Station.Escalator-989091.shtml |date=2009-03-02 }} ''The GW Hatchet''. 2005-09-19. Retrieved 2008-06-15.</ref>

Since Wheaton has the highest location in the Washington, D.C., area, it was also the home of the first [[History of television|television license]] in the United States. Using the call sign W3XK, [[Charles Francis Jenkins]] began broadcasting from his home at the corner of Windham Lane and Georgia Ave.<ref name="MC history"/><ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/omd/history/tv/documents/76years_tv.pdf The FCC: Seventy-six Years of Watching TV]</ref> starting on July 2, 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://online.sfsu.edu/~hl/cfj/cfj.W3XK.html|title=Charles Francis Jenkins television station W3XK|website=online.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

Other points of interest include

* The Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity - Named after former [[:Category:Montgomery County, Maryland Executives|Montgomery County Executive]] [[Charles W. Gilchrist]], opened Sept. 8th 2001, it provides services to an increasing immigrant population in Montgomery County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center Homepage,Montgomery County, MD |url=https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/gilchrist/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=www.montgomerycountymd.gov}}</ref>
* Wheaton Library and Recreation Center opened on September 8, 2019, replaced the old library and [[Wheaton Youth Center]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peccerelli |first=Ashley |date=2019-09-09 |title=Wheaton Celebrates Grand Opening of Highly Anticipated New Library and Recreation Center |url=https://www.mymcmedia.org/wheaton-celebrates-grand-opening-of-highly-anticipated-new-library/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Montgomery Community Media |language=en}}</ref>
* Holy Cross Health Cancer Center, opened on February 23, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shahzad |first=Maryam |date=2023-02-24 |title=Holy Cross Health Opens New Cancer Center in Wheaton |url=https://www.mymcmedia.org/holy-cross-health-opens-new-cancer-center-in-wheaton/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Montgomery Community Media |language=en}}</ref> (former [[Ana G. Méndez University System]] and [[Circuit City]].)