Editing Rockville, Maryland

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                = Rockville, Maryland
| official_name       = The Mayor and Council of Rockville<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.municode.com/library/md/rockville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTIINCOLI_S1CIINGEPO|title=Section 1. - City Incorporated; General Powers.|date=February 26, 1990|work=Rockville City Code: General Ordinances of the City|publisher=The Mayor and Council of Rockville|location=Rockville, Maryland|quote=The inhabitants of the City of Rockville, Montgomery County, are a body corporate by the name of 'The Mayor and Council of Rockville,' and by that name may have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, and have and use a common seal. (Res. No. 8-78; Res. No. 24-60)|access-date=March 17, 2015|archive-date=April 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405200825/https://www.municode.com/library/md/rockville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTIINCOLI_S1CIINGEPO|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|motto="Rise together!"
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| subdivision_name2   = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Montgomery County, Maryland.svg|size=23px}} [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery]]
| government_type     = [[Council–manager]]
| leader_title        = Mayor
| leader_name         = Monique Ashton<ref name=":0" />
| established_title   = Settled
| established_title2  = Founded
| established_title3  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date    = 1717
| established_date2   = 1803
| established_date3   = 1860
| unit_pref           = Imperial
| area_footnotes      = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_24.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 26, 2022|archive-date=March 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305215301/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_24.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi    = 13.64
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| area_land_km2       = 35.23
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| area_water_km2      = 0.09
| population_as_of    = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total    = 67117
| population_density_sq_mi = 4933.62
| population_density_km2 = 1904.92
| timezone            = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
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| elevation_ft        = 449
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| postal_code         = 20847–20853 & 20857
| area_codes          = [[Area codes 301 and 240|301, 240]]
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'''Rockville''' is a [[city]] in and the [[county seat]] of [[Montgomery County, Maryland]], United States, and is part of the [[Washington metropolitan area]]. The [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] tabulated Rockville's population at 67,117,<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Rockville city, Maryland |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/rockvillecitymaryland/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309020717/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/rockvillecitymaryland/POP010220 |url-status=live }}</ref> making it the fourth-largest incorporated city in Maryland.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 1, 2022 |title=Maryland at a Glance |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/pop.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604120423/https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/pop.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rockville, along with neighboring [[Gaithersburg, Maryland|Gaithersburg]] and [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]], is at the core of the [[Interstate 270 (Maryland)|Interstate 270]] Technology Corridor which is home to numerous software and [[biotechnology]] companies as well as several federal government institutions. The city, one of the major retail hubs in Montgomery County, has several upscale regional shopping centers.

==History==

===Early history===
Situated in the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] region and crossed by three [[Stream|creeks]] ([[Rock Creek (Potomac River)|Rock Creek]], [[Cabin John Creek]], and [[Watts Branch (Potomac River)|Watts Branch]]), Rockville provided an excellent refuge for semi-[[nomad]]ic [[Native Americans of the United States|Native Americans]] as early as 8000 BC. By the [[first millennium BC]], a few of these groups had settled down into year-round [[agricultural]] communities that exploited the native flora, including [[sunflower]]s and marsh elder. By AD 1200, these early groups (dubbed ''Montgomery Indians'' by later [[archaeologists]]) were increasingly drawn into conflict with the [[Senecas]] and [[Susquehannock]]s who had migrated south from [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New York (state)|New York]]. Within the present-day boundaries of the city, six prehistoric sites have been uncovered and documented, along with numerous artifacts several thousand years old. By 1700, under pressure from [[Europe]]an colonists, the majority of these original inhabitants had been driven away.

The indigenous population carved a path on the high ground, known as Sinequa Trail, which is now downtown Rockville. Later, the Maryland Assembly set the standard of 20 feet for main thoroughfares and designated the Rock Creek Main Road or Great Road to be built to this standard. In the mid-18th century, Lawrence Owen opened a small inn on the road. The place, known as Owen's Ordinary, took on greater prominence when, on April 14, 1755, Major General [[Edward Braddock]] stopped at Owen's Ordinary on a start of a mission from George Town (now Washington, D.C.) to press British claims of the western frontier. The location of the road, near the present Rockville Pike, was strategically located on higher ground, making it dry year-round.<ref name='McGuckian'>{{cite book
| author= McGuckian, Eileen S.
| title=Rockville: Portrait of a City
| location= Franklin, Tennessee | publisher=Hillsboro Press
| year=2001
| isbn = 1-57736-235-7
}}</ref>{{Rp|6–9}}

===18th century===
The first [[land patent]]s in the Rockville area were obtained by Arthur Nelson between 1717 and 1735. Within three decades, the first permanent buildings in what would become the center of Rockville were established on this land. Still a part of [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]] at this time, the growth of Daniel Dulaney's [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick Town]] prompted the separation of the western portion of the county, including Rockville, into [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick County]] in 1748.

Being a small, unincorporated town, early Rockville was known by a variety of names, including Owen's Ordinary, Hungerford's Tavern, and Daley's Tavern. The first recorded mention of the settlement later  known as Rockville dates to the [[Braddock Expedition]] in 1755. On April 14, one of the approximately 2,000 men who were accompanying General Braddock through wrote the following: "we marched to larance Owings or Owings Oardianary, a Single House, it being 18 miles and very dirty." Owen's Ordinary was a small rest stop on Rock Creek Main Road (later the [[Rockville Pike]]), which stretched from [[Georgetown, Washington, D.C.|George Town]] to Frederick Town, and was then one of the largest thoroughfares in the colony of Maryland.

On September 6, 1776,<ref name="proctor1934">{{cite news |last=Proctor |first=John Clagett |author-link=John Clagett Proctor |date=May 20, 1934 |title=Rockville Among Old Maryland Towns |page=76 |work=Washington Evening Star |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX-NB&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=W60L63JXMTQxNTQ1ODU0NS40NDMwNDU6MToxNToxMzIuMTc0LjI1NC4xNDU&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=8&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=8&p_docnum=1&p_docref=v2:13D5DA85AE05A305@EANX-NB-1489DE40791B126E@2427578-148995EE73B6B74D@77-148AD6437721EFF8@ |access-date=December 22, 2016 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225042747/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/home/login?destination=infoweb.newsbank.com%3Fdb%3DEANX-NB%26wedirect%3Dtrue |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Maryland Constitution|Maryland Constitutional Convention]] agreed to a proposal introduced by Thomas Sprigg Wootton wherein Frederick County, the largest and most populous county in Maryland, would be divided into three smaller subdivisions. The southern portion of the county, of which Rockville was a part, was named Montgomery County. The most populous and prosperous urban center in this new county was George Town, but its location at the far southern edge rendered it worthless as a seat of local government. Rockville, a small but centrally located and well-traveled town, was chosen as the seat. At the time, Rockville did not have a name; it was generally called Hungerford's Tavern, after the well-known tavern in it.<ref name= proctor1934/> After being named the county seat, the village was referred to by all as Montgomery Court House.<ref name= proctor1934/> The tavern served as the county courthouse, and it held its first such proceedings on May 20, 1777.<ref name= proctor1934/>

In 1784, William Prather Williams, a local landowner, hired a surveyor to lay out much of the town.<ref name= proctor1934/> In his honor, many took to calling the town Williamsburg.<ref name= proctor1934/> In practice, however, Williamsburg and Montgomery Court House were used interchangeably. Rockville came to greater prominence when Montgomery County was created and later when George Town was ceded to the federal government to create the [[District of Columbia]].<ref name='McGuckian'/>

===19th century===
[[File:Rockville Cornerstone.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Stone marker on corner of Vinson Street and Maryland Avenue, placed there in 1803 when Rockville's streets were laid out. "BR" stands for "Beginning of Rockville".{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}]]
[[File:Rockville railroad station.jpg|thumb|right|[[Rockville Railroad Station]], built in 1873]]
[[File:Map of Rockville 1879.jpg|alt=Map of Rockville in 1879|thumb|right|Rockville in 1879<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ghostsofdc.org/2012/12/14/map-of-rockville-in-1879/|title=Map of Rockville in 1879|last=Tom|date=2012-12-14|website=Ghosts of DC|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-20|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220124149/https://ghostsofdc.org/2012/12/14/map-of-rockville-in-1879/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]

A proposal to name the town Wattsville, after the nearby Watts Branch, failed because the stream was later considered too small to give its name to the town.<ref name= proctor1934/> On July 16, 1803, when the area was officially entered into the county land records with the name "Rockville", derived from Rock Creek.<ref name= proctor1934/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2764|title=Profile for Rockville Maryland, MD|publisher=ePodunk|access-date=August 25, 2012|archive-date=February 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210103517/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2764|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nevertheless, the name Montgomery Court House continued to appear on maps and other documents through the 1820s.

By petition of Rockville's citizens, the [[Maryland General Assembly]] incorporated the village on March 10, 1860. During the [[American Civil War]], General [[George B. McClellan]] stayed at the Beall Dawson house in 1862. In addition, General [[J.E.B. Stuart]] and an army of 8,000 [[Confederate Army|Confederate]] [[cavalry]]men marched through and occupied Rockville on June 28, 1863,<ref>{{cite news |title= Capture of a Wagon Train: One Hundred and Seventy-eight Wagons and Over One Thousand Mules Gobbled Up: The Rebels in Possession of Rockville |work= Washington Evening Star |date= June 29, 1863 |page= 2 |url= http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX-NB&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=N5BX5EGSMTQxNTQ3NjA2Mi45ODI3NTk6MToxNToxMzIuMTc0LjI1NC4xNDU&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=3&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=3&p_docnum=7&p_docref=v2:13D5DA85AE05A305@EANX-NB-13DA8597DF22CB70@2401686-13D88059A3034D78@1-13DB2BC76483AFD0@ |access-date= December 22, 2016 |archive-date= February 25, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240225042819/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/home/login?destination=infoweb.newsbank.com%3Fdb%3DEANX-NB%26wedirect%3Dtrue |url-status= live }}</ref> while on their way to [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]] and stayed at the Prettyman house. [[Jubal Anderson Early]] also crossed through Rockville on his way to and from his 1864 [[Battle of Fort Stevens|attack on Washington]].

In 1913, on the birthday of [[Jefferson Davis]], the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]] erected a statue near the Rockville courthouse dedicated to Confederate soldiers from Montgomery County.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=106336 |title=The Confederate Monument, a War Memorial |website=The Historical Marker Database |access-date=August 18, 2017 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819062128/https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=106336 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/Looking-Back-at-the-Creation-of-the-Countys-Confederate-Memorials/ |title=Looking Back at the Creation of the County's Confederate Memorials |author=Mark Walston |date=July 21, 2017 |work=Bethesda Beat |access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819062311/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/Looking-Back-at-the-Creation-of-the-Countys-Confederate-Memorials/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The monument was removed in 2017 as part of a wave of [[removal of Confederate monuments and memorials|removals of Confederate monuments and memorials]] in response to the 2015 [[Charleston church shooting]]; its base now stands by [[White's Ferry]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/confederate-statue-moved-from-rockville-courthouse-over-the-weekend/2017/07/24/cc80fae4-70a1-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html |author=Bill Turque |date=July 24, 2017 |title=Confederate statue moved from Rockville courthouse over the weekend |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819064814/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/confederate-statue-moved-from-rockville-courthouse-over-the-weekend/2017/07/24/cc80fae4-70a1-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1873, the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] extended its [[Metropolitan Branch]] to Rockville, connecting the city by rail to [[Washington, D.C.]] 

In July 1891, the [[Tennallytown and Rockville Railway]] brought [[tram|trolley]] service to the city. The line connected to the [[Georgetown-to-Rockville streetcar service|Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway]] terminus at Western Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue, and thence to downtown Washington, D.C.

===20th century===
[[File:Looking north on what is now 355 in Rockville 1970.jpg|thumb|Downtown Rockville, 1970]]
[[File:Rockvillemd.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Rockville, 2001]]
[[File:Rockville town center2.jpg|thumb|right|Rockville Town Center, 2006]]
[[File:Rockville - Maryland Ave at Middle Ln.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Rockville, 2009]]
[[File:RockvilleMaryland-Northwest.jpg|thumb|Rockville, Maryland - Looking Northwest]]

Trolley service operated for four decades, until, eclipsed by the growing usage of the automobile, service was halted in August 1935. The Blue Ridge Transportation Company provided bus service for Rockville and Montgomery County from 1924 through 1955. After 1955, Rockville would not see a concerted effort to develop a [[public transportation]] infrastructure until the 1970s, when the [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]] (WMATA) began work to extend the [[Washington Metro]] into Rockville and extended Metrobus service into Montgomery County. The [[Rockville (Washington Metro)|Rockville station]] of Washington Metro began service on July 25, 1984, and the [[Twinbrook (Washington Metro)|Twinbrook station]] began service on December 15, 1984. Metrobus service was supplemented by Montgomery County's own Ride On bus service starting in 1979. [[MARC Train|MARC]], Maryland's Rail Commuter service, serves Rockville with its Brunswick line. From Rockville MARC provides service to [[Washington Union Station]] (southbound), and [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]] and [[Martinsburg, West Virginia]] (northbound), as well as intermediate points. [[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service from Rockville to [[Chicago]] and Washington D.C.

The mid-20th century saw substantial growth in Rockville, especially with the annexation of the [[Twinbrook (Rockville, Maryland)|Twinbrook]] subdivision in 1949, which added hundreds of new homes and thousands of new residents to the city. In 1954, [[Congressional Airport]] closed, and its land was sold to developers to build residences and a commercial shopping center.<ref>{{cite news |title= Congressional Airport Sold For Dwellings |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= April 4, 1954 |page= M6 |id= {{ProQuest|148631747}} }}</ref> The shopping center, named Congressional Plaza, opened in 1958.<ref>{{cite news |title= New Rockville Shop Center Is Dedicated |first= S. Oliver |last=Goodman |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 1, 1958 |page=C14 |id={{ProQuest|148990982}} }}</ref> These new areas provided affordable housing and grew quickly with young families eager to start their lives following [[World War II]].

During the [[Cold War]], it was considered safer to remain in Rockville than to evacuate during a hypothetical nuclear attack on Washington, D.C. Bomb shelters were built, including the largest one at [[Glenview Farm|Glenview Mansion]] and 15 other locations. The I-270 highway was designated as an emergency aircraft landing strip. Two [[Nike (rocket)|Nike]] missile launcher sites were located on Muddy Branch and Snouffer School Roads until the mid-1970s.<ref name='McGuckian'/>{{Rp|163}}

In 1975, [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] and [[Zelda Fitzgerald]]'s caskets were reinterred at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rockville, where his father, Edward, and a number of Key family members had been buried.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-09-13 |title=Scott and Zelda: Fractious in life, but together in death in a Rockville cemetery plot |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/f-scott-fitzgeralds-long-journey-to-a-rockville-cemetery/2014/09/13/4a97e826-39b3-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324084942/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/f-scott-fitzgeralds-long-journey-to-a-rockville-cemetery/2014/09/13/4a97e826-39b3-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |author-first=John |author-last=Kelly}}</ref>

From the 1960s, Rockville's town center, formerly one of the area's commercial centers, suffered from a period of decline. Rockville soon became the first city in Maryland to enter into a government funded [[urban renewal]] program. This resulted in the demolition of most of the original business district. Included in the plan was the unsuccessful [[Rockville Mall]], which failed to attract either major retailers or customers and was demolished in 1994, various government buildings such as the new Montgomery County Judicial Center (opened 1982), and a reorganization of the road plan near the courthouse. The once-promising plan was for the most part a disappointment. Although efforts to restore the town center continue, the majority of the city's economic activity moved to [[Maryland Route 355|Rockville Pike]] (MD Route 355/Wisconsin Avenue). The [[U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission]]'s headquarters is on the Pike, just south of the city's corporate limits.

The [[R.E.M.]] song "[[(Don't Go Back To) Rockville]]", released in 1984, was written by [[Mike Mills]] about not wanting his girlfriend Ingrid Schorr to return to Rockville, Maryland.<ref name="Black, Johnny 2004">Black, Johnny (2004). ''Reveal: The Story of R.E.M.'' Backbeat Books. {{ISBN|0-87930-776-5}}.</ref>

=== 21st century ===
In 2004, Rockville Mayor Larry Giammo announced plans to renovate Rockville Town Square, including building new stores and housing and moving the city's library. As of 2007, the new [[Rockville Town Center]] includes shops, restaurants, condominiums and apartments, as well as stages, fountains and the new Rockville Memorial Library.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rockville Town Center |url=http://www.rockvillemd.gov/towncenter |date=June 2007 |publisher=City of Rockville, MD |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617103452/http://www.rockvillemd.gov/towncenter/ |archive-date=2007-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Duncan Opens New Rockville Library; State-of-the-art Facility Anchors Town Center Redevelopment |url=https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=2511&Dept=71 |date=2006-11-29 |publisher=Montgomery County Public Libraries |location=Rockville, MD |id=Press release}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Norris |first=Sean Patrick |title=Rockville remembers Montgomery's fallen service members |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2010/06/10/rockville-remembers-montgomerys-fallen-service-members/7059f336-d2b7-46ab-bfb7-93b7b80b8eb5/ |date=2010-06-10 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> 

The city is closely associated with the neighboring towns of [[Kensington, Maryland|Kensington]] and [[North Bethesda, Maryland|North Bethesda]], an unincorporated [[census-designated place]]. The [[Strathmore (Maryland)|Music Center at Strathmore]], an arts and theater center, opened in February 2005 in the latter of these two areas and is presently the second home of the [[Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]]. The Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville Civic Center Park has provided diverse entertainment since 1960. In 1998, Regal Cinemas opened in Town Center<ref name="McGuckian" />{{Rp|217}} and the city annexed 900 acres of land.<ref name="FAQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.rockville.md.us/DEPT/POLICE/FAQ.html|title=Rockville City Police Department|date=2 September 1999|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990902051340/http://www.ci.rockville.md.us/DEPT/POLICE/FAQ.html|archive-date=2 September 1999}}</ref>

The city has a brass band in the [[Brass band (British style)|British style]].

===Historic places===
{{See also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Maryland}}
Historic structures on the [[National Register of Historic Places|Register]] in and around downtown Rockville are:
* [[Beall–Dawson House]] (1815)
* [[Bingham-Brewer House]] (1821)
* [[Dawson Farm]] (1874)
* [[Glenview Mansion (Rockville)|Glenview Mansion]] (1926)
* [[Montgomery County Courthouse Historic District]] (1939)
* [[New Mark Commons]] (1967)
* [[Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery|Old St. Mary's Church]] (1817)
* [[Rockville Park Historic District]] (1884)
* [[Rockville Railroad Station]] (1873)
* [[West Montgomery Avenue Historic District]] (1880)

====Rockville vicinity====
* [[Montrose Schoolhouse]] (1909)<ref name="nrisMSH">{{NRISref|version=2013a|dateform=mdy|access-date=December 28, 2019|refnum=83002956|name=Montrose Schoolhouse}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:RockvilleMap.gif|thumb|right|Boundaries of Rockville in 2004]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|13.57|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|13.51|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.06|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system Rockville has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=507781&cityname=Rockville%2C+Maryland%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Rockville, Maryland Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|work=Weatherbase|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-date=June 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630014847/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=507781&cityname=Rockville%2C+Maryland%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[United States Department of Agriculture]], Rockville is in [[hardiness zone]] 7a,<ref>{{cite web |title= USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: Maryland & District of Columbia |work= Agricultural Research Service |publisher= United States Department of Agriculture |url= http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/Images/72DPI/mddc.jpg |date= 2012 |access-date= September 27, 2014 |archive-date= January 16, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160116014145/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/Images/72DPI/mddc.jpg |url-status= dead }}</ref> meaning that the average annual minimum winter temperature is {{convert|0|to|5|F|C}}.<ref>{{cite web |title= USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map |work= Agricultural Research Service |publisher= United States Department of Agriculture |url= http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |date= 2012 |access-date= September 27, 2014 |archive-date= February 27, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140227032333/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |url-status= live }}</ref> The average first [[frost (temperature)|frost]] occurs on October 21, and the average final frost occurs on April 16.<ref>{{cite web |title= Freeze / Frost Occurrence Data |department= National Climatic Data Center |work= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date= September 27, 2014 |url= http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20supp1/states/MD.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215100428/http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20supp1/states/MD.pdf |archive-date=2013-02-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Rockville, Maryland, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1907–2007
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 78
|Feb record high F = 82
|Mar record high F = 89
|Apr record high F = 100
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 102
|Jul record high F = 105
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 93
|Nov record high F = 85
|Dec record high F = 80

|Jan avg record high F = 62.7
|Feb avg record high F = 67.4
|Mar avg record high F = 77.8
|Apr avg record high F = 84.9
|May avg record high F = 89.0
|Jun avg record high F = 92.5
|Jul avg record high F = 95.0
|Aug avg record high F = 93.0
|Sep avg record high F = 89.5
|Oct avg record high F = 80.7
|Nov avg record high F = 74.3
|Dec avg record high F = 65.4
|year avg record high F = 96.2

|Jan high F = 40.4
|Feb high F = 43.7
|Mar high F = 53.3
|Apr high F = 64.5
|May high F = 72.8
|Jun high F = 81.3
|Jul high F = 85.0
|Aug high F = 83.2
|Sep high F = 75.8
|Oct high F = 64.8
|Nov high F = 54.7
|Dec high F = 43.8
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 33.7
|Feb mean F = 36.4
|Mar mean F = 44.8
|Apr mean F = 55.2
|May mean F = 63.8
|Jun mean F = 72.8
|Jul mean F = 76.9
|Aug mean F = 75.2
|Sep mean F = 67.7
|Oct mean F = 56.2
|Nov mean F = 46.9
|Dec mean F = 37.2
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 27.0
|Feb low F = 29.2
|Mar low F = 36.2
|Apr low F = 45.9
|May low F = 54.8
|Jun low F = 64.3
|Jul low F = 68.8
|Aug low F = 67.2
|Sep low F = 59.7
|Oct low F = 47.7
|Nov low F = 39.1
|Dec low F = 30.5
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 5.4
|Feb avg record low F = 8.5
|Mar avg record low F = 16.2
|Apr avg record low F = 27.4
|May avg record low F = 36.8
|Jun avg record low F = 45.8
|Jul avg record low F = 52.2
|Aug avg record low F = 50.7
|Sep avg record low F = 40.4
|Oct avg record low F = 29.4
|Nov avg record low F = 21.0
|Dec avg record low F = 11.9
|year avg record low F = 1.8

|Jan record low F = -13
|Feb record low F = -12
|Mar record low F = 1
|Apr record low F = 18
|May record low F = 28
|Jun record low F = 35
|Jul record low F = 38
|Aug record low F = 39
|Sep record low F = 28
|Oct record low F = 20
|Nov record low F = 10
|Dec record low F = -12

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.88
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.71
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.61
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.22
|May precipitation inch = 4.13
|Jun precipitation inch = 3.49
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.67
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.90
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.83
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.29
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.53
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.00
|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 9.7
|Feb precipitation days = 8.1
|Mar precipitation days = 10.7
|Apr precipitation days = 10.1
|May precipitation days = 11.8
|Jun precipitation days = 9.7
|Jul precipitation days = 10.0
|Aug precipitation days = 7.8
|Sep precipitation days = 9.0
|Oct precipitation days = 8.0
|Nov precipitation days = 8.2
|Dec precipitation days = 8.9
|year precipitation days = 112.0

|Jan snow inch = 8.3
|Feb snow inch = 3.4
|Mar snow inch = 2.6
|Apr snow inch = 0.1
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.5
|Dec snow inch = 2.2
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 3.0
|Feb snow days = 1.9
|Mar snow days = 1.1
|Apr snow days = 0.1
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.3
|Dec snow days = 1.3

|source 1 = NOAA (mean maxima/minima 1971&ndash;2000)<ref name = NOAA>{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USC00187705&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Rockville 1 NE, MD (1981&ndash;2010)
|access-date = February 7, 2023
|archive-date = February 8, 2023
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230208012808/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USC00187705&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name = xmACIS2>{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Weather Service &ndash; NWS Baltimore
|title = xmACIS2
|access-date = February 7, 2023
|archive-date = August 15, 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190815183401/http://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|url-status = live
}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 1110
|1910= 1181
|1920= 1145
|1930= 1422
|1940= 2047
|1950= 6934
|1960= 26090
|1970= 42739
|1980= 43811
|1990= 44835
|2000= 47388
|2010= 61209
|2020= 67117
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108185756/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />2010–2020<ref name="QuickFacts" />
}}

===Income===
The median income for a household in the city as of 2020 was $111,797.<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/rockvillecitymaryland,US/PST045221|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts selected: Rockville city, Maryland|website=www.census.gov|access-date=July 22, 2022|archive-date=February 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225042826/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/rockvillecitymaryland,US/PST045221|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2007, the median income for a family was $98,257. Males had a median income of $53,764 versus $38,788 for females. In 2015, the [[per capita income]] for the city was $49,399.<ref name="census.gov"/> 7.8% of the population and 5.6% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 8.9% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Rockville city, Maryland – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Rockville city, Maryland |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2467675&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Rockville city, Maryland |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2467675&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Rockville city, Maryland |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2467675&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|29,342
|32,344
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30,227
|61.92%
|52.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45.04%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,200
|5,570
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,119
|8.86%
|9.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.61%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|133
|92
|style='background: #ffffe6; |104
|0.28%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|7,002
|12,524
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14,381
|14.78%
|20.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.43%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|11
|25
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35
|0.02%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|140
|217
|style='background: #ffffe6; |547
|0.30%
|0.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.81%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,031
|1,656
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,370
|2.18%
|2.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.02%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|5,529
|8,781
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11,334
|11.67%
|14.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16.89%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''47,388'''
|'''61,209'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''67,117'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov/|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-25|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> of 2010, there were 61,209 people, 23,686 households, and 15,524 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|4530.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 25,199 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1865.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 60.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (52.8% non-Hispanic white), 9.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 20.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 5.3% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 14.3% of the population.

There were 23,686 households, of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.5% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.08.

The median age in the city was 38.7 years.  And 21.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.3% were from 45 to 64; and 14% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.9% male and 52.1% female.

==Economy==
[[Choice Hotels]], [[Westat]], and [[Bethesda Softworks]]/[[ZeniMax Media]] are headquartered in Rockville.

[[File:RockvilleMaryland-TowerBuilding.jpg|thumb|Looking West; Rockville Maryland, The Tower Building]]

===Largest employers===
According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/50681/Fiscal-Year-2023-Report|title=City of Rockville 2023 ACFR|page=120|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213201204/https://www.rockvillemd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/50681/Fiscal-Year-2023-Report|url-status=live}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! Employees
|-
|1
|[[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]]
|5,165
|-
|2
|[[Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)|Montgomery County Public Schools]]
|2,500
|-
|3
|[[Nuclear Regulatory Commission|U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission]]
|2,391
|-
|4
|[[Montgomery College]]
|2,000
|-
|5
|[[Westat]]
|1,750
|-
|6
|[[Northwestern Mutual|Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance]]
|623
|-
|7
|[[Lockheed Martin|Lockheed Martin Information Systems]]
|565
|-
|8
|City of Rockville
|501
|-
|9
|[[Choice Hotels]]
|500
|-
|10
|[[Quest Diagnostics]]
|500
|}

==Sports==
* [[Rockville Express]], a [[Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball League]] team, 2007 CRSCBL League Champions
* The city is also home to the Rockville Baseball Association, a youth baseball and softball organization that has offered programing every year since its founding in 1954.
* In addition, the city also runs a number of recreational sports leagues<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/408/Sports-Leagues | title=Sports Leagues &#124; Rockville, MD - Official Website }}</ref> for both adults and youths. These include softball, pickleball, soccer, kickball, and volleyball.

==Government==
{{Hidden begin
|titlestyle = background:#ccccff;
|title      = Presidential election results
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential election results in Rockville<ref name="Dave's">{{cite web|title=Dave's Redistricting|url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::a365ecbd-db5f-4c84-a77f-90310c6a6c1a|access-date=April 14, 2022|archive-date=February 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228051204/https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::a365ecbd-db5f-4c84-a77f-90310c6a6c1a|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;" | Year
! style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! style="text-align:center;" | Others
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in Maryland|2024]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''77.3%''' ''25,276''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|19.8% ''6,457''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% ''948''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Maryland|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''79.5%''' ''26,115''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|18.0% ''5,899''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% ''828''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Maryland|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.9%''' ''20,722''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|19.8% ''5,555''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.3% ''1,757''
|}
{{Hidden end}}
Rockville has a [[council-manager]] form of government.<ref>{{cite web|title=FAQ - Council-Manager Form of Government|publisher=City of Rockville|url=http://www.rockvillemd.gov/faq.aspx|access-date=2015-12-23|archive-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224103911/http://www.rockvillemd.gov/faq.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2023, Rockville voted in the 67th election for Mayor and Council with voters electing Monique Ashton as mayor. Six councilmembers were also elected: Kate Fulton, Adam Van Grack, Izola (Zola) Shaw, David Myles, Marissa Valeri, and Barry Jackson.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mayor & Council {{!}} Rockville, MD - Official Website |url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/424/Mayor-Council |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=www.rockvillemd.gov |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411022108/https://www.rockvillemd.gov/424/Mayor-Council |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Mayor===
[[File:Rockville Mayor Monique Ashton (54499867408) (cropped).jpg|175px|thumb|Monique Ashton (pictured in 2025) has served as the mayor since 2023.]]
The current mayor of Rockville is Monique Ashton.<ref name=":0" />

Rockville was incorporated in 1860, but its early records were destroyed by Confederate soldiers in July 1864.<ref>{{cite web |title= Rockville Mayors, Montgomery County, Maryland |date= November 18, 2013 |work= Maryland State Archives |access-date= November 8, 2014 |url= http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/rockville/html/rmayors.html |archive-date= November 5, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141105181105/http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/rockville/html/rmayors.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

Past mayors of Rockville include:
{| class=wikitable
|+Mayors of Rockville<ref name=MayorsList>{{cite web|title=Rockville Mayors, Montgomery County, Maryland|author=State of Maryland|publisher=Maryland State Archives|url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/rockville/html/rmayors.html|date=February 25, 2013|access-date=September 10, 2013|archive-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928163455/https://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/rockville/html/rmayors.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Name
! style="text-align:center;" | Tenure
! style="text-align:center;" valign=bottom | Party
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| Notes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[William V. Bouic]]<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1888-1890<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (U.S.)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Daniel F. Owens<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1890<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| William V. Bouic<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1890-1891<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Hattersley W. Talbott<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1892-1893<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Jacob Poss<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1893-1894<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| John G. England<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1894-1896<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Joseph Reading<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1896-1898<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Spencer C. Jones<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1898-1901<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Hattersley W. Talbott<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1901-1906<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Lee Offutt<ref name=MayorsList/>
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===Representative body===
[[File:Rockville City Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Rockville City Hall, 2010]]
Rockville was a four-member [[City Council]], whose members, along with the mayor, serve as the governing body of the city. In 2023, the City Council voted to expand the Council from four members to six, along with the mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bixby |first=Ginny |date=2023-02-08 |title=Rockville City Council votes to expand to seven members, hears arguments for expanding voting rights |url=http://moco360.media/2023/02/07/rockville-city-council-votes-to-expand-to-seven-members-hears-arguments-for-expanding-voting-rights/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=MoCo360 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230071315/https://moco360.media/2023/02/07/rockville-city-council-votes-to-expand-to-seven-members-hears-arguments-for-expanding-voting-rights/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  The six councilmembers are Kate Fulton, Adam Van Grack, Izola (Zola) Shaw, David Myles, Marissa Valeri, and Barry Jackson.

Rockville has 26 boards and commissions: Animal Matters Board, Board of Appeals, Board of Supervisors of Elections, Charter Review Commission, Community Policing Advisory Board, Compensation Commission, Cultural Arts Commission, Environment Commission, Ethics Commission, Financial Advisory Board, Historic District Commission, Human Rights Commission, Human Services Advisory Commission, Landlord-Tenant Affairs Commission, Personnel Appeals Board, Planning Commission, Recreation and Park Advisory Board, Retirement Board, Rockville Economic Development Inc. (REDI), Rockville Housing Enterprises, Rockville Recreation and Parks Foundation, Rockville Seniors Inc. (RSI), Rockville Sister City Corporation, Senior Citizens Commission, Sign Review Board, and Traffic and Transportation Commission. Boards and commissions allows members of the community to partner with city staff to shape Rockville's future by sharing expertise and advising the Mayor and Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boards and Commissions {{!}} Rockville, MD - Official Website|url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/98/Boards-Commissions|access-date=2021-04-18|website=www.rockvillemd.gov|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418074454/https://www.rockvillemd.gov/98/Boards-Commissions|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Education==
Rockville is served by the [[Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)|Montgomery County Public Schools]] system. Public high schools in Rockville include [[Thomas S. Wootton High School]], [[Richard Montgomery High School]], and [[Rockville High School (Maryland)|Rockville High School]]. Prior to integration in 1961, black students were educated at [[George Washington Carver High School (Rockville, Maryland)|George Washington Carver High School]] in Rockville.<ref name="GWCHSJC">{{cite web |title=Carver High School and Junior College |url=https://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/carver/ |access-date=15 November 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701005449/http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/carver/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents provides education for children with special educational needs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/rica/about/ |title=RICA: about our school |publisher=RICA |access-date=16 November 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115184717/https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/rica/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

St. Elizabeth Catholic School of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington]] is in Rockville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stelizabethschoolmd.org/|title=Home|publisher=St. Elizabeth Catholic School|access-date=2020-10-25|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210314/https://stelizabethschoolmd.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Private schools located near Rockville (with Rockville postal addresses) include:
* [[Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School]] ([[North Bethesda, Maryland|North Bethesda]])
* [[Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy]] ([[Aspen Hill, Maryland|Aspen Hill]])
[[Montrose Christian School]] in North Bethesda has closed.

===Higher education===
The [[Montgomery College|Montgomery College (MC)]], main campus is located within Rockville and enrolls more than 15,000 students as of March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/about-mc/campuses-and-locations/index.html |title=About Montgomery College enrollment |access-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-date=August 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809135818/http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/about-mc/campuses-and-locations/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The college is accredited by the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]].

Additional institutions of higher education in Rockville include the [[University of Maryland Global Campus]] (main campus is in [[Adelphi, Maryland]]), the [[Johns Hopkins University]] Montgomery County Campus (main campus is in [[Baltimore]]), and the [[Universities at Shady Grove]], a collaboration of nine Maryland public degree-granting institutions, all with Rockville addresses but outside the city limits.

==Transportation==
[[File:2019-07-12 11 25 04 View north along Interstate 270 (Washington National Pike) from the overpass for West Gude Drive in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|right|I-270 northbound in Rockville]]

===Roads and highways===
The most prominent highway directly serving Rockville is [[Interstate 270 (Maryland)|Interstate 270]]. I-270 is the main highway leading northwest out of metropolitan Washington, D.C., beginning at [[Capital Beltway|Interstate 495]] (the Capital Beltway) and proceeding northwestward to [[Interstate 70 in Maryland|Interstate 70]] in [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]]. [[Maryland Route 355]] was the precursor to I-270 and follows a parallel route, and now serves as the main commercial roadway through Rockville and neighboring communities. Other state highways serving Rockville directly include [[Maryland Route 28]], [[Maryland Route 189]], [[Maryland Route 586]], [[Maryland Route 660]] and [[Maryland Route 911]]. [[Interstate 370]] and [[Maryland Route 200]] do not directly enter the city, but pass just outside the city limits.

===Public transportation===
The [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Washington Metro Red Line]] rail system can be accessed at [[Rockville station]] and [[Twinbrook station]]. The [[Brunswick Line]] of the [[MARC Train|MARC commuter rail system]] runs to and from [[Washington, D.C.]], and can be accessed at Rockville Station. [[Amtrak]] trains also serve Rockville.

Bus service connects Rockville directly to the regional transit hub at [[Baltimore–Washington International Airport#Ground transportation|Baltimore–Washington International Airport]], and to downtown Baltimore via the [[Maryland Transit Administration]] ICC Bus and the [[Baltimore Light Rail]]. [[Ride On (bus)|Ride On]] buses provides service within the city and to places within the county like [[Gaithersburg]], [[Clarksburg, Maryland|Clarksburg]] and [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]].

==Law enforcement==
The city is served by the [[Rockville City Police Department (Maryland)|Rockville City Police Department]] and is aided by the [[Montgomery County Police Department (Maryland)|Montgomery County Police Department]] as directed by the relevant authorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockvillemd.gov/index.aspx?nid=248 |title=Rockville, MD - Official Website - Police |website=Rockvillemd.gov |access-date=2015-12-16 |archive-date=July 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704074629/http://www.rockvillemd.gov/index.aspx?NID=248 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Leisure==
The city of Rockville provides a Rockville Swim & Fitness Center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swim & Fitness Center {{!}} Rockville, MD - Official Website |url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/398/Swim-Fitness-Center |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=www.rockvillemd.gov}}</ref>  The city features a town center, which includes a library, ice skating facility (in winter), and restaurants and gift shopping options. The Rockville Memorial Library is available to the residents of Rockville. The Rockville Memorial Library offers services for residents and visitors to access books, databases, newspapers, magazines, and internet access.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Rockville Memorial Library |url=https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/library/branches/rockville.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128193844/https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/branches/Rockville.html |archive-date=January 28, 2019 |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Tori Amos]], singer-songwriter and pianist
* [[Jamshid Amouzegar]], former Prime Minister of Iran<ref name="thepost">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jamshid-amouzegar-former-iranian-prime-minister-dies-at-93/2016/10/19/fa6a5044-9628-11e6-bc79-af1cd3d2984b_story.html |title=Jamshid Amouzegar, former Iranian prime minister, dies at 93 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |author=Matt Schudel |date=19 October 2016 |access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021023246/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jamshid-amouzegar-former-iranian-prime-minister-dies-at-93/2016/10/19/fa6a5044-9628-11e6-bc79-af1cd3d2984b_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Dragoslav Avramović]], former Governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia
* [[Jon Bell]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shulman |first=Dan |date=July 30, 2020 |title=Get to Know Revolution II {{!}} Jon Bell |url=https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/get-know-revolution-ii-jon-bell |access-date=January 14, 2025 |website=[[New England Revolution]]}}</ref>
* [[BT (musician)|BT]], musician<ref>BT, [http://www.grammy.com/blogs/first-time-nominee-bt-part-one "First-Time Nominee: BT (Part One)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140806163402/http://www.grammy.com/blogs/first-time-nominee-bt-part-one |date=August 6, 2014 }}, [[Grammy.com]], January 18, 2011</ref>
* [[Gordy Coleman]], Major League Baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rockmail.rockvillemd.gov/clerk/egenda.nsf/d5c6a20307650f4a852572f9004d38b8/2431acb4785826ca852574740052e4ab?OpenDocument |title=Proclamation declaring July 5th as Gordy Coleman Day in Rockville |access-date=2013-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034622/https://rockmail.rockvillemd.gov/clerk/egenda.nsf/d5c6a20307650f4a852572f9004d38b8/2431acb4785826ca852574740052e4ab?OpenDocument |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jerome Dyson]] (born 1987), professional basketball player<ref>{{cite news | title=Jerome Dyson basketball-reference.com profile | work=basketball-reference.com | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dysonje01.html | access-date=September 19, 2017 | archive-date=June 24, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624153057/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dysonje01.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Pablo Eisenberg]] (1932–2022), scholar, social justice advocate, and tennis player
* [[Paul Goldstein (tennis)|Paul Goldstein]] (born 1976), tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/theater/article/13005648/on-his-last-legg |title="On His Last Legg?"<!-- Bot generated title --> |date=July 19, 2007 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806190445/https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/theater/article/13005648/on-his-last-legg |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Virginia Hall]], American spy and [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] operative, died in Rockville
* [[Jamie Lee Henry]], first openly transgender officer in the United States Armed Forces<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2024 |title=Case against Johns Hopkins doctors that shared PHI with Russia dismissed |url=https://www.paubox.com/news/case-against-hopkins-doctors-that-shared-phi-with-russia-dismissed |access-date=27 October 2024 |website=www.paubox.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Elden Henson]], actor known for ''[[The Mighty Ducks (franchise)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' franchise and as Pollux in the ''[[The Hunger Games (film series)|Hunger Games]]'' movie series
* [[Spike Jonze]], film director<ref>{{cite news | last=Keane | first=Katharine | date=April 20, 2015 | title=15 Celebrities Who Grew Up Here | work=[[Bethesda Magazine]] | url=http://bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/15-Celebrities-Who-Grew-Up-Here/Spike-Jonze/ | access-date=August 4, 2017 | archive-date=August 4, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804215345/http://bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/15-Celebrities-Who-Grew-Up-Here/Spike-Jonze/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Charles Lazarus]], founder of [[Toys "R" Us]], opened the first Toys "R" Us toy store in Rockville in 1957.
* [[Logic (rapper)|Logic]], rapper and record producer
* [[Helen Maroulis]], Olympic wrestler<ref name="teamUSA">{{cite web|title=Athlete Bio: Helen Maroulis|url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Athlete-Bios/MA/Helen-Maroulis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121140841/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Athlete-Bios/MA/Helen-Maroulis|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2014|work=TeamUSA.org|access-date=May 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Rachel Parsons (figure skater)|Rachel Parsons]], figure skater, 2017 [[2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|junior national champion]]<ref name=ISU-RPMP>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00013500.htm |title= Competition Results: Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS |publisher= International Skating Union |access-date= September 19, 2017 |archive-date= June 19, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170619202047/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00013500.htm |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[Haley Skarupa]], professional ice hockey player
* [[Josh Tillman]] ("Father John Misty"), musician
* [[James Wood (baseball)|James Wood]], professional baseball player
* [[Frederick Yeh]], biologist and animal welfare activist<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150521-in-china-saving-sea-turtles-from-soup |title=The unlikely sea turtle saviour |newspaper=[[BBC]] |author=Amanda Ruggeri |date=25 May 2015 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413193202/http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150521-in-china-saving-sea-turtles-from-soup |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Sister cities==
Rockville has two [[sister cities]]:
* {{flagdeco|DEU}} [[Pinneberg|Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein]], Germany<ref name="sisters">{{cite web |url=http://www.rocknet.org/Community/SisterCities/ |title=RSCC-HomePage |website=Rocknet.org |access-date=2015-12-16 |archive-date=2012-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212165237/http://www.rocknet.org/Community/SisterCities/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|TAI}} [[Yilan City|Yilan City, Yilan County]], Taiwan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rockville-Yilan City Corporation |url=https://taiwansistercities.org/?page_id=8 |access-date=2023-08-07 |language=en-US |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527131748/https://taiwansistercities.org/?page_id=8 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rockville's sister city relationship with Yilan City gained notoriety as diplomats from the [[Embassy of China, Washington, D.C.]] unsuccessfully attempted to scuttle the agreement.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Allen |first=Bethany |title=Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2023 |isbn=9780063057418 |pages=72–73 |chapter=Spies and Sister Cities |oclc=1356620867 |quote=Two embassy diplomats subsequently showed up, expressing "concerns" about Rockville's new relationship with Yilan and offering to have the embassy introduce other mainland Chinese cities to Rockville for potential new sister city relationships.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Newland |first=Sara A. |date=20 January 2022 |title=Paradiplomacy as a response to international isolation: the case of Taiwan |journal=[[The Pacific Review]] |language=en |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=784–812 |doi=10.1080/09512748.2022.2025889 |s2cid=246116441 |issn=0951-2748}}</ref>

Although not a sister city, Rockville also has friendly relations with another city:
* {{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Jiaxing|Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province]], China<ref>{{cite web |author=Contessa Crisostomo |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/12242008/rocknew215211_32478.shtml |title=Rockville to welcome another Sister City: Jiaxing, China |website=Gazette.net |date=2008-12-24 |access-date=2015-12-16 |archive-date=2012-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322085454/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/12242008/rocknew215211_32478.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 14, 2009 |title=Agreement for Establishment of Friendly Relations between Jiaxing, the People's Republic of China and Rockville, Maryland, the United States of America |url=http://rockvillesistercities.org/wp/GovDoc/Rockville_Jiaxing_2009_and_2010_Agreements.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121120040/http://rockvillesistercities.org/wp/GovDoc/Rockville_Jiaxing_2009_and_2010_Agreements.pdf |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |access-date= |website=Rockville Sister Cities}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[:Category:People from Washington, D.C.|List of famous people from the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area]]
* [[Soul In Motion Players]]<!--- add here now; future "Culture" section? ---> 
* [[Tower Oaks]] – a [[planned community]] in Rockville

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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** {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961114042020/http://www.rockville.inter.net/ |date=November 14, 1996 |title=City of Rockville }}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100325131048/http://www.washingtonpost.com/real-estate/neighborhoods/Rockville%2C+MD-neighborhood-details.html ''The Washington Post''{{'}}s Guide to Rockville]

{{Geographic Location
 | Center    = Rockville
 | North     =  [[Gaithersburg, Maryland|Gaithersburg]]<br />{{jct|state=MD|MD|355}}
 | Northeast = [[Olney, Maryland|Olney]]<br />{{jct|state=MD|MD|28}}
 | East      = [[Aspen Hill, Maryland|Aspen Hill]]<br />{{jct|state=MD|MD|97}}
 | Southeast = [[Wheaton, Maryland|Wheaton]]<br />{{jct|state=MD|MD|586}}
 | Southwest = [[Potomac, Maryland|Potomac]]<br />{{jct|state=MD|MD|189}}
 | South     = [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]]<br />{{jct|state=MD|I|270}}
 | West      = [[Darnestown, Maryland|Darnestown]]<br />{{jct|state=MD|MD|124}}
 | Northwest =[[Germantown, Maryland|Germantown]]<br />{{jct|state=MD|I|270}}
}}
{{Rockville, Maryland}}
{{Montgomery County, Maryland}}
{{County Seats of Maryland}}
{{All-American City Award Hall of Fame}}
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{{Authority control}}

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