Coordinates: 38°59′5″N 77°6′47″W

Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United
States, located just northwest of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda.[2] In Census-designated place
Aramaic, beth ḥesda means "House of Mercy" and in Hebrew, ‫" בית חסד‬beit ḥesed" means "House of
Kindness". The National Institutes of Health main campus and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
are in Bethesda, as are a number of corporate and government headquarters.

In 2014, it placed first on both Forbes' list of America's most educated small towns[3] and Time's list of top earning
The intersection of Maryland Route
towns.[4] 187 (Old Georgetown Road), Maryland
Route 355 (Wisconsin Avenue), and
As an unincorporated community, Bethesda has no official boundaries. The United States Census Bureau defines a Maryland Route 410 (East West
census-designated place named Bethesda whose center is located at 38°59′N 77°7′W. The United States Geological Highway), near the Bethesda Metro
Survey has defined Bethesda as an area whose center is at 38°58′50″N 77°6′2″W, slightly different from the station entrance, in downtown
Bethesda.
Census Bureau's definition. Other definitions are used by the Bethesda Urban Planning District, the United States
Postal Service (which defines Bethesda to comprise the zip codes 20810, 20811, 20813, 20814, 20815, 20816, and
20817), and other organizations. According to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013, the
community had a total population of 63,374. Most of Bethesda's residents are in Maryland Legislative District 16.

Contents
History
Geography Boundaries of Bethesda CDP from U.S.
Demographics Census Bureau
2000
Landmarks
Education
Economy
Management
Transportation
 In popular culture
Notable natives and residents
See also
References
External links

History
Location of Bethesda in Montgomery County,
Bethesda is situated along a major thoroughfare that was originally the route of an ancient Native American trail. Maryland
Henry Fleet (1602-1661), an English fur trader, was the first European to travel to the area, which he reached by Coordinates: 38°59′5″N 77°6′47″W
sailing up the Potomac River. After staying for several years (1623–27) with the Piscataway tribe — variously as a
Country United States
guest or prisoner — he returned to England, spoke of potential riches in fur and gold, and won funding for another
State Maryland
North American expedition.[5]
County Montgomery
Most early settlers in Maryland were tenant farmers who paid their rent in tobacco. The extractive nature of Area
tobacco farming meant that colonists continued to push farther north in search of fertile land, and in 1694 Henry • Total 34.2 km2
Darnall (1645–1711) surveyed a 710-acre area that became the first land grant in present-day Bethesda.[5] Rural (13.2 sq mi)
tobacco farming was the primary way of life in Bethesda throughout the 1700s; while the establishment of • Land 34.0 km2
(13.1 sq mi)
Washington, D.C. in 1790 deprived Montgomery County of Georgetown, its economic center, the event had little
• Water 0.2 km2
effect on the small farmers throughout Bethesda.[5]
(0.1 sq mi)
Between 1805 and 1821, the area of present-day Bethesda became a rural way station after development of a toll Elevation 97 m (318 ft)
road, the Washington and Rockville Turnpike, which carried tobacco and other products between Georgetown and Population (2013[1])
Rockville, and north to Frederick. A small settlement grew around a store and tollhouse along the turnpike. By • Total 63,374
1862, the community was known as "Darcy's Store" after the owner of a local establishment, William E. Darcy. The • Density 1,623.9/km2
settlement was renamed in 1871 by the new postmaster, Robert Franck, after the Bethesda Meeting House, a (4,205.8/sq mi)
Presbyterian church built in 1820 on the present site of the Cemetery of the Bethesda Meeting House. The church Time zone Eastern (EST)
burned in 1849 and was rebuilt the same year about 100 yards south at its present site.[6] (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Throughout most of the 19th century, Bethesda never developed beyond a small crossroads village, consisting of a
ZIP codes 20800-20899
post office, a blacksmith shop, a church and school, and a few houses and stores. It was not until the installation of
Area code(s) 301, 240
a streetcar line in 1890 and the beginnings of suburbanization in the early 1900s that Bethesda began to grow in
FIPS code 24-07125
population. Until that time, dependence on proximity to rail lines insulated Bethesda from growth, even as
GNIS feature ID 0583184
surrounding communities located directly on these lines blossomed. The arrival of the personal automobile ended
this dependency, and Bethesda planners grew the community with the newest transportation revolution in mind.[5]
Subdivisions began to appear on old farmland, becoming the neighborhoods of Drummond, Woodmont, Edgemoor, and Battery Park. Further north, several
wealthy men made Rockville Pike famous for its mansions. These included Brainard W. Parker ("Cedarcroft", 1892), James Oyster ("Strathmore", 1899), George E.
Hamilton ("Hamilton House", 1904; now the Stone Ridge School), Luke I. Wilson ("Tree Tops", 1926), Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor ("Wild Acres", 1928–29), and
George Freeland Peter ("Stone House", 1930). In 1930, Dr Armistead Peter's pioneering manor house "Winona" (1873) became the clubhouse of the original
Woodmont Country Club (on land that is now part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus). Merle Thorpe's mansion, "Pook's Hill" (1927, razed 1948)—
on the site of the current neighborhood of the same name—became the home-in-exile of the Norwegian Royal Family during World War II.[6]

That war, and the expansion of government that it created, further fed the rapid expansion of Bethesda. Both the National Naval Medical Center (1940–42) and the
NIH complex (1948) were built just to the north of the developing downtown. This, in turn, drew further government contractors, medical professionals, and other
businesses to the area. In recent years, Bethesda has consolidated as the major urban core and employment center of southwestern Montgomery County.[6] This
recent growth has been significantly vigorous following the expansion of Metrorail with a station in Bethesda in 1984. Alan Kay built the Bethesda Metro Center
over the Red line metro rail which opened up further commercial and residential development in the immediate vicinity.[7]

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.2 square miles (34 km2). 13.1 square miles (34 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles
(0.26 km2) of it (0.38%) is water.

The main commercial corridor that runs through Bethesda is Maryland Route 355 (known as Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda and as Rockville Pike and Hungerford
Drive in more northern communities), which, to the north, connects Bethesda with the communities of North Bethesda and Rockville, ending, after several name
changes, in Frederick, Maryland. Toward the South, Rockville Pike becomes Wisconsin Avenue near the NIH Campus and continues beyond Bethesda through
Chevy Chase, Friendship Heights and into Washington, D.C., ending in Georgetown.

The area commonly known as "Downtown Bethesda" is centered at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue, Old Georgetown Road and East-West Highway. Other
focal points of downtown Bethesda include the Woodmont Triangle, bordered by Old Georgetown Road (Maryland Route 187), Woodmont and Rugby Avenues,
and the Bethesda Row, centered at the intersection of Woodmont Avenue and Bethesda Avenue. Much of the dense construction in that area followed the opening
of the Bethesda station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro rapid transit system, also located at this intersection and the centerpiece of the Bethesda Metro
Center development. The Medical Center Metro stop lies about 0.7 miles north of the Bethesda stop, Medical Center, which serves the NIH Campus, the Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Demographics
Historical population
2000 Census Pop. %±
1960 56,527 —
1970 71,621 26.7%
As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 55,277 people, 23,659 households, and 14,455 families residing in the CDP. The 1980 62,736 −12.4%
population density was 4,205.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,624.2/km²). There were 24,368 housing units at an average 1990 62,936 0.3%
density of 1,854.1 per square mile (716.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.86% White, 2.67% Black or African 2000 55,277 −12.2%
American, 0.17% Native American, 7.92% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.23% from other races, and 2.11% from two or more 2010 60,858 10.1%
races. 5.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. source:[8]

There were 23,659 households out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married
couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of
individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the CDP, the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males.

Bethesda is a very wealthy and well-educated area. According to the 2000 Census, Bethesda was the best-educated city in the United States of America with a
population of 50,000 or more. 79% of residents 25 or older have bachelor's degrees and 49% have graduate or professional degrees. According to a 2007
estimate,[10] the median income for a household in the CDP was $117,723, and the median income for a family was $168,385. Males had a median income of
$84,797 versus $57,569 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $58,479. About 1.7% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty
line, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over. Many commute to Washington, D.C. for work. The average price of a four bedroom, two
bath home in Bethesda in 2010 was $806,817 (which ranks it as the twentieth most expensive community in America).[11]

Bethesda is often associated with its neighboring communities, Potomac, Maryland, Chevy Chase, Maryland, Great Falls, Virginia, and McLean, Virginia for their
similar demographics. In April 2009, Forbes ranked Bethesda second on its list of "America's Most Livable Cities."[12] In October 2009, based on education,
income, health, and fitness, Total Beauty ranked Bethesda first on its list of the U.S.'s "Top 10 Hottest-Guy Cities."[13] In 2009, Self magazine ranked Bethesda as
the second healthiest place for women in the country, a year after being ranked number one.[14] As of 2009, 8 Pulitzer Prize winners live in Bethesda, as do several
well-known political commentators (including George Will, David Brooks, and Thomas Friedman).[15]

Landmarks
Important medical institutions located in Bethesda include the National Institutes of Health campus, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and the
adjoining Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, as well as a number of other military medical and research institutions. Other federal institutions
include the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.

The headquarters of defense conglomerate Lockheed Martin, managed health care company Coventry Health Care and hotel and resort chains Marriott
International and Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. are located in Bethesda. Software company Bethesda Softworks was originally located in Bethesda, but moved to
Rockville, Maryland, in 1990. The Discovery Channel also had its headquarters in Bethesda before relocating to Silver Spring in 2004. On the professional services
 side, numerous banks (PNC, Capital One Bank) brokerage firms (SmithBarney, Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, Fidelity)
and law firms (Ballard Spahr, JDKatz, Paley Rothman, Lerch Early & Brewer) maintain offices in Bethesda. Bethesda
has two farmers markets, the Montgomery Farm Woman's Cooperative Market and the Bethesda Central Farmer's
Market.

Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRIT) has developed much of the west side
of downtown Bethesda into an area called Bethesda Row. The vibrant
district includes Barnes & Noble, an Apple Store, a cinema, and dozens of
shops and restaurants. Also located in downtown Bethesda is one of the
An aerial view of NIH in Bethesda, Madonna of the Trail monuments, erected by the National Old Trails
Maryland. Association working in concert with the Daughters of the American
Revolution. President Harry S Truman, presided over the dedication of the
Bethesda monument, on April 19, 1929. Nearby is the Bethesda Post Office.
Bethesda Avenue at night
Also starting in the heart of downtown Bethesda, is the Capital Crescent Trail which follows the old tracks of the B&O
Railroad stretching from Georgetown, Washington, D.C., to Silver Spring, MD. Walter Reed Medical Center and the
Bethesda Theater are two important Art Deco architectural structures in the suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C.

Bethesda is the home of Congressional Country Club, which is recognized as one of the most prestigious country clubs in the world. Congressional has hosted four
major golf championships, including the 2011 U.S. Open, won by Rory McIlroy. The AT&T National, hosted by Tiger Woods, has been played at Congressional four
times. Bethesda is also home of the exclusive Burning Tree Club, the Bethesda Country Club, and the Bethesda Community Baseball Club, which operates the
Bethesda Big Train, a summer collegiate baseball team.

A number of ambassador residences are in Bethesda, including Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Guyana, Honduras, Lesotho, Morocco, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and
Zimbabwe.[16]

Education
Public primary schools located in Bethesda include: Private schools located in Bethesda include:

Ashburton Elementary School Georgetown Preparatory School

Bannockburn Elementary School Feynman School
Bethesda Elementary School Holton-Arms
Bradley Hills Elementary School Landon
Burning Tree Elementary School St. Bartholomew (Blue Ribbon elementary school. PK–8)
Carderock Springs Elementary School Little Flower School (K–8[17])
Seven Locks Elementary School Mater Dei School
 Westbrook Elementary School Norwood (in the Potomac CDP)
Wyngate Elementary School Our Lady of Lourdes School
Wood Acres Elementary School Sidwell Friends School (Lower School)
Public middle schools located in Bethesda include: Saint Jane de Chantal Catholic School (preK–8)
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
North Bethesda Middle School The Woods Academy
Thomas W. Pyle Middle School The Harbor School
Westland Middle School The French International School - Lycee Rochambeau
Public high schools located in Bethesda include: Washington Episcopal School (N–8)
Washington Waldorf School
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Oneness-Family School
Walt Whitman High School
Bethesda Community School
Walter Johnson High School
Bethesda is also home to a federally funded and operated health science university, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). The primary
mission of USU is to prepare graduates for service in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Public Health Service. The university consists of the
F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, a medical school, and the Graduate School of Nursing, a nursing school.

The Washington Japanese Language School (WJLS, ワシントン日本語学校 Washington Nihongo Gakkō), a supplementary weekend Japanese school, holds its
classes at the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda.[18][19] The WJLS maintains its school office in North Bethesda, adjacent to Garrett Park.[20][21][19]
The institution, giving supplemental education to Japanese-speaking children in the Washington, D.C. area, was founded in 1958,[22] making it the oldest Japanese
government-sponsored supplementary school in the U.S.[23]

The Writer's Center in Bethesda publishes Poet Lore, the longest continuously running poetry journal in the United States.[24]

Economy
Notable companies based in Bethesda include:

AdvisorShares HMSHost
U.S. Headquarters of AREVA Inc. Honest Tea
Calvert Investments Host Hotels & Resorts
Cambridge Information Group International Neuroethics Society
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Lockheed Martin
Coventry Health Care Marriott International
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Ritz Carlton
Digital Management, Inc. RLJ Companies
 United States Enrichment Corporation Wellness Corporate Solutions
Youth For Understanding USA

Management
Downtown Bethesda is managed by Bethesda Urban Partnership (http://www.bethesda.org/), a non-profit organization established in 1994 by Montgomery
County.

Transportation
Washington Metro's Red Line services two primary locations in Bethesda: the downtown area at the Bethesda, and the area near the National Institutes of Health
and the Walter Reed Medical Center at the Medical Center Washington Metro stations. The Maryland Transit Administration's Purple Line, a light-rail rail
currently under construction, will provide a direct connection from Bethesda to Silver Spring, the University of Maryland, College Park, and New Carrollton.[25]
The Purple Line will allow riders from Bethesda to move between the Red, Green, and Orange lines of the Washington Metro transportation system, as well as to
MARC and Amtrak trains, without needing to ride into central Washington, D.C.[26]

Local buses include:

WMATA's Metrobus
The Montgomery County Ride On bus system also has several routes through Bethesda.
Bethesda Circulator (https://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/bethesda-circulator), a free loop bus that operates Monday-Saturday and covers most of downtown
Bethesda.
Long-distance buses include Vamoose Bus and Tripper Bus,[27] both of which provide service from downtown Bethesda to the proximity of Penn Station in
Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

Tripper Bus, a privately owned company, provides service from Bethesda at the southwest corner of Elm Street and Wisconsin Ave to New York City between
8th and 9th Ave near Penn Station, in close to proximity to Port Authority Bus Terminal.[28]

In popular culture
Bethesda is featured in the 1993 movie Dave, the 1994 movie True Lies, the 1999 movie Random Hearts, the 2003 movie Shattered Glass, the 2005 movie
The Pacifier, and the 2012 movie The Bourne Legacy. It is mentioned in the 2001 movie Wet Hot American Summer and the 2007 movie Fred Claus.
Bethesda is mentioned in a 1994 episode of The Simpsons, a 2009 episode of 24,[29] a 2013 episode of Family Guy, a 2013 episode of Homeland,[30] and a
2013 episode of Scandal. It is also featured in several episodes of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, the American drama series The
Americans, the Canadian mini-series XIII, as well as the American space opera Babylon 5, where it is home to the Bethesdadome, the medical headquarters
of the Earth Alliance.
Bethesda is featured in the book series The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, written by American author Ann Brashares, who has ties to the area.
The book The Overachievers follows students enrolled at Bethesda's Walt Whitman High School.
 Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks is a video game development and publishing company famous for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series. The town
of Bethesda itself is featured in Fallout 3.
Bethesda is claimed to be "Where the diners are famed for / Waitresses so rude" in the Joan of Arc song "To've Had Two Of".
Bethesda is mentioned in Space Ghost Coast to Coast of episode 81 "Knifin' Around" by Space Ghost himself. "Well, love is about compromises, Zorak.
Compromising your future to the city council of Bethesda, Maryland" (as an unincorporated town, Bethesda actually has no city council).

Notable natives and residents

Trace Armstrong, former NFL player Antawn Jamison, basketball player[51]
Red Auerbach, former NBA coach[31] Spike Jonze, director, producer, screenwriter, and actor[52]
Deane Beman, PGA Tour Commissioner and professional golfer[32] Larry Kaufman, chess Grandmaster
Ezra Taft Benson, the Secretary of Agriculture under President Eisenhower, Greg Koch, former NFL player
and former president of the Mormon Church Ferenc Körmendi, Hungarian novelist and broadcaster
Wolf Blitzer, journalist[33] Tim Kurkjian, ESPN analyst[53]
James Brown, sportscaster[34] Katie Ledecky, swimmer[54]
Preston Burpo, former MLS player[35] Nils Lofgren, musician[55]
Patrick Byrne, entrepreneur[36] Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress, comedian and producer[56]
Andrea Carroll, soprano[37] Justin Maxwell, MLB player[57]
Michael Cerveris, actor[38] Allison Macfarlane, chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.[58]
Connie Chung, television journalist[39] Matt McCoy, actor
Colin Cloherty, NFL player[40] Alice McDermott, author[59]
Steve Coll, journalist and author Sean Murray, actor, most famous for playing agent 'Timothy (Tim) McGee'
Candy Crowley, journalist[41] in NCIS & the teenage Thackery Binx in Disney's Hocus Pocus; (1993
Film).
David Dobkin, director, screenwriter, and producer[42]
Alondra Nelson, sociologist and Dean of Social Science at Columbia
William Eacho, former U.S. ambassador to Austria University
Gregg Easterbrook, sports columnist.[43] Martin O'Malley, politician, former governor of Maryland, former Democratic
Jo Ann Emerson, former U.S. Representative, Missouri[44] presidential candidate[60]
Kenneth Feinberg, attorney Periphery, progressive metal band
John Feinstein, author[45] Maury Povich, television host[61]
Neal Fredericks, cinematographer Mark Pryor, former U.S. Senator, Arkansas[62]
Thomas Friedman, journalist and author[46] Giuliana Rancic, celebrity news personality[63]
Merrick Garland, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Patricia Richardson, actress, Home Improvement
District of Columbia Circuit[47] James Risen, journalist
Howard Gutman, former U.S. ambassador to Belgium Alexandra Robbins, author[64]
Mark Halperin, journalist and author[48] Cokie Roberts, journalist and author
Steve Handelsman, journalist[49] Richard Schiff, actor[65]
Laura Hillenbrand, author[50] Dan Shanoff, sports columnist[66]
 David Simon, author, journalist, and television producer[67] Jeff Tremaine, director, screenwriter, and producer
Gordon Smith, former U.S. Senator, Oregon[68] Mike Tyson, boxer[51]
Daniel Stern, actor[69] Michael Wilbon, journalist, sportscaster[70]
Jacob Tamarkin, mathematician Gedion Zelalem, professional footballer (soccer)

See also
Bethesda Magazine
Washington metropolitan area
Bethesda Game Studios
Bethesda Softworks

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External links
Bethesda travel guide from Wikivoyage
Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce (http://www.bccchamber.org/)
Bethesda Urban Partnership (http://www.bethesda.org/)
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (http://www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil/SitePages/home.aspx)
National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov/)

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