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'''Bethesda''' is an urbanized, but unincorporated area in
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[[Montgomery County, Maryland]], near [[Washington, DC]]. It takes its name from a church once located there, the Bethesda [[Presbyterian]] Church (built [[1820]]), which in turn was named from a passage in the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[New Testament]].
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As an unincorporated area, Bethesda has no official boundaries. The [[United States Census Bureau]] defines a [[Census-Designated Place]] named Bethesda whose center is located at 38&deg;59' North, 77&deg;7' West. The [[United States Geological Survey]] has defined Bethesda as an area whose center is at 38&deg;58'50" North, 77&deg;6'2" West, slightly different from the Census Bureau's definition. Other definitions are used by the Bethesda Urban Planning District, the [[United States Postal Service]], and other organizations. As of [[2000]], the Census-defined community had a total population of 55,277.
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== Landmarks ==
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Important institutions located in Bethesda include the U.S. [[National Institutes of Health]], [[Image:Photo building 50.jpg|thumb|left|Building 50 at NIH]] the U.S. [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]], and the U.S. [[Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division]]. Bethesda is also home to the [[National Naval Medical Center]], commonly referred to as Bethesda Naval Hospital, where many famous Americans such as [[Joseph McCarthy]] passed away and the infamous [[John F. Kennedy]] autopsy was performed. Adjoining the hosptial to the east is the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ([http://www.usuhs.mil/ USUHS]).
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'''Bethesda''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˈ|θ|ɛ|z|d|ə}}) is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]], [[census-designated place]] in southern [[Montgomery County, Maryland]], United States. Located just northwest of [[Washington, D.C.]], it is a major business and government center of the [[Washington metropolitan area|Washington metropolitan region]] and a national center for medical research. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the community had a total population of 68,056.<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Bethesda CDP, Maryland |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bethesdacdpmaryland/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213094944/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bethesdacdpmaryland/POP010220 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The headquarters of defense conglomerate [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed Martin Corporation]] and hotel and resort chain [[Marriott]] are located in Bethesda. Software company [[Bethesda Softworks]] was previously located in Bethesda, but recently moved to [[Rockville, Maryland]]. Bethesda is renowned for its extensive collection of resturants - 180 were listed at the end of [[2004]] - offering cuisine ranging from Afgan to Vietnamese. Bethesda is also home to two vibrant [[farmers market]]s, the Montgomery Farm Woman's Cooperative Market and the Bethesda Farmer's Market, as well as numerous cinemas and art galleries.


It takes its name from a local church, the [[Bethesda Meeting House]] (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from [[Jerusalem]]'s [[Pool of Bethesda]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.credoreference.com/entry/brewerphrase/bethesda |title=Where Are You From? - Credo Reference |work=credoreference.com |access-date=September 13, 2012 |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507165449/https://iden5.infobase.com/account/login?returnUrl=%2Fconnect%2Fauthorize%2Fcallback%3Fclient_id%3Dinfobase_auth%26scope%3DcustomAPI.read%2520openid%2520profile%26response_type%3Dcode%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsearch.credoreference.com%252Fapi%252Fauth%252Fcallback%252Finfobase-identity-server%26app%3DCredo076%26base64ReturnUrl%3DaHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2guY3JlZG9yZWZlcmVuY2UuY29tL2FwaS9hdXRoL2NhbGxiYWNrL2luZm9iYXNlLWlkZW50aXR5LXNlcnZlcg%253D%253D%26base64OriginUrl%3DaHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2guY3JlZG9yZWZlcmVuY2UuY29tL3JlZGlyZWN0P3BhdGg9ZW50cnkmYm9va19hYmJyPWJyZXdlcnBocmFzZSZlbnRyeV9oZWFkaW5nPWJldGhlc2RhJnNlcT0w%26path%3Dentry%26book_abbr%3Dbrewerphrase%26entry_heading%3Dbethesda%26seq%3D0%26proxied%3Dfalse%26ip%3D207.241.232.185 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Geography ==
[[Image:MDMap-doton-Bethesda.PNG|right|Location of Bethesda, Maryland]]
Bethesda is located at 38&deg;59'5" North, 77&deg;6'47" West (38.984660, -77.113135){{GR|1}}.


== History ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 34.2 [[square kilometre|km&sup2;]] (13.2 [[square mile|mi&sup2;]]). 34.0 km&sup2; (13.1 mi&sup2;) of it is land and 0.1 km&sup2; (0.1 mi&sup2;) of it is water. The total area is 0.38% water.
Bethesda is located in the traditional territory of the indigenous Native [[Piscataway people|Piscataway]] and [[Nacotchtank]] at the time of [[European colonization of the Americas|European colonization]]. Fur trader Henry Fleet became the first European to visit the area, reaching it by sailing up the [[Potomac River]]. He stayed with the Piscataway tribe from 1623 to 1627, either as a guest or prisoner (historical accounts differ). Fleet eventually secured funding for another expedition to the region and was later granted proprietary rights to 2,000 acres of land in the nascent colony and became a member of Maryland's colonial legislature.<ref name="Fox Hill">{{cite web |title=History of Bethesda |url=http://foxhillresidences.com/our-community/history-of-bethesda-maryland/ |work=Fox Hill Residences |access-date=October 13, 2015 |archive-date=November 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124075536/http://foxhillresidences.com/our-community/history-of-bethesda-maryland/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Raids from the [[Senecas]] and [[Susquehannock]] resulted in the creation of the Maryland division of Rangers in 1694 to patrol the [[American frontier|frontier]].<ref name="Fox Hill" />


Most settlers in colonial Maryland were tenant farmers who paid their rent in tobacco, and colonists continued to expand farther north in search of fertile land. [[Henry Darnall]] (1645–1711) surveyed a {{convert|710|acre|ha|adj=on|abbr=off}} area in 1694 which became the first land grant in Bethesda.<ref name="Fox Hill" /> Tobacco farming was the primary way of life in Bethesda throughout the 1700s. The city avoided seeing action during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], although it became a supply region for the fledgling [[Continental Navy]]. The establishment of [[Washington, D.C.]], in 1790 deprived Montgomery County of its economic center at Georgetown, although the event had little effect on the small farmers throughout Bethesda.<ref name="Fox Hill" />
The main commercial corridor is Maryland Route 355, which in its northern reaches connects Bethesda with the communities of [[North Bethesda, Maryland|North Bethesda]] and [[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]] and is known as Rockville Pike. Rockville Pike becomes Wisconsin Avenue near the NIH and continues beyond Bethesda through [[Chevy Chase, Maryland|Chevy Chase]] and [[Friendship Village, Maryland]] and into [[Washington, DC]].


Between 1805 and 1821, Bethesda became a rural way station after the development of the [[Washington and Rockville Turnpike]], which carried tobacco and other products between [[Georgetown, Washington, D.C.|Georgetown]] and [[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]], and north to [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]]. The Bethesda Meeting House, a Presbyterian church, was built in 1820. The church burned in 1849 and was rebuilt the same year about {{convert|100|yards|m}} south, and its former location became the Cemetery of the Bethesda Meeting House.
The area commonly known as "downtown Bethesda" is centered at the intersection of Wisconsin with Maryland Route 187, Old Georgetown Road, and Maryland Route 410, East-West Highway. Much of the dense construction in that area followed the opening of the [[Bethesda (Washington Metro)|Bethesda station]] on the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red Line]] of the [[Washington Metro]], also located at this intersection and the centerpiece of the Bethesda Metro Center development. The "downtown," which includes the restaurant districts of Bethesda Row and Woodmont Triangle, lies about 0.7 miles south of Bethesda's other Red Line stop, [[Medical Center (Washington Metro)|Medical Center]], which serves the NIH and Bethesda Naval Hospital.

In 1852, the postmaster general established a post office in the area and appointed Rev. A. R. Smith its first postmaster.<ref>"Maryland New Post-Office". ''The Baltimore Sun''. January 7, 1852. p. 2.</ref> By 1862, a small settlement had grown around a store and tollhouse along the turnpike known as "Darcy's Store" for the store's owner, William E. Darcy. It consisted of a blacksmith shop, a church and school, and a few houses and stores. In 1871, postmaster Robert Franck renamed the settlement for the church.<ref name="Offutt">{{cite book |last=Offutt |first=William |author2=Sween, Jane |title=Montgomery County: Centuries of Change |publisher=American Historical Press |year=1999 |pages=161–162}}</ref>

A streetcar line was established in 1890 and suburbanization increased in the early 1900s, and Bethesda grew in population. Communities near railroad lines had grown the fastest during the 19th century.<ref name="Fox Hill" /> In 1910, the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] completed its [[Georgetown Branch]] line from [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]] to [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]], including a storage yard there and multiple sidings serving industries in Bethesda. B&O successor [[CSX]] ceased train service on the line in 1985, so the county transformed it into [[Capital Crescent Trail|a trail]] in the rails-to-trails movement. The tracks were removed in 1994, and the first part of the trail was opened in 1998; it has become the most used rail-trail in the United States, averaging over one million users per year.<ref>"In Bethesda, railroad track remnants show downtown's former industrial side", ''The Washington Post'', August 29, 2012</ref>

Subdivisions began to appear on old farmland in the late 19th century, becoming the neighborhoods of Drummond, Woodmont, Edgemoor, and Battery Park. Farther north, several wealthy men made Rockville Pike famous for its mansions. These included [[Brainard W. Parker]] ("Cedarcroft", 1892), [[James F. Oyster|James Oyster]] ([[Strathmore (Maryland)|"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, [[Armistead Peter]]'s pioneering manor house "Winona" (1873) became the clubhouse of the 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) became the home-in-exile of the [[Norwegian royal family]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=Offutt /><ref>"Norway Buys Pooks Hill For Crown Prince's Home", ''The New York Times'', August 2, 1941, p. 6</ref>

Before the passage of the [[Fair Housing Act of 1968]], restrictive covenants were used in Bethesda to exclude racial and ethnic minorities—primarily African-Americans, but also Asian-Americans and ethnic groups regarded as "Semitic", including Armenians, Jews, Iranians, Greeks, Turks, and Syrians.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/12/17/racial-covenants-mapping/ |title=Was your home once off-limits to non-Whites? These maps can tell you. |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=2024-06-11 |archive-date=January 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126233801/https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/12/17/racial-covenants-mapping/ |url-status=live }}</ref> One 1938 restrictive covenant in the Bradley Woods subdivision of Bethesda said, "No part of the land hereby conveyed, shall ever be used, or occupied by or sold, demised, transferred, conveyed, unto, or in trust for, leased, or rented, or given to negroes, or any person or persons of negro blood or extraction or to any person of the Semitic Race, blood, or origin, which racial description shall be deemed to include Armenians, Jews, Hebrews, Persians, Syrians, Greeks and Turks, or to any person of the Mongolian Race, blood, or origin, which racial description shall be deemed to include Chinese, Japanese, and Mongolians, except that this paragraph shall not be held to exclude partial occupancy of the premises by domestic servants of the purchaser or purchasers."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mcplanning.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0d26456118d34a14b2d27aec8d6f2b1a |title=Bradley Woods, Block 4 (Resubdivision) |publisher=[[Montgomery Planning]] |accessdate=2024-06-11 |archive-date=February 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208204158/https://mcplanning.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0d26456118d34a14b2d27aec8d6f2b1a |url-status=live }}</ref> In practice, covenants excluding "Semitic races" were generally used to exclude Jews as Montgomery County did not have notable Armenian, Greek, Syrian, or Turkish populations at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://montgomeryplanning.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mapping-Segregation-Staff-Report-Attachment-A.pdf |title=Attachment A |publisher=[[Montgomery Planning]] |accessdate=2024-06-14 |archive-date=March 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316164520/https://montgomeryplanning.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mapping-Segregation-Staff-Report-Attachment-A.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[World War II]] and the subsequent expansion of government fed the rapid growth 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, and this drew government contractors, medical professionals, and other businesses to the area.

Bethesda became the major urban core and employment center of southwestern Montgomery County.<ref name="Offutt" /> This recent vigorous growth followed the 1984 expansion of Metrorail with a station in Bethesda. The Bethesda Metro Center was built over the Red line metro rail, which opened up further commercial and residential development in the immediate vicinity.<ref>Bernstein, Alan, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061805432.html "Alan I. Kay, Washington area real estate magnate and philanthropist, dies at 75"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012140346/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061805432.html |date=October 12, 2016 }}, ''The Washington Post'', June 19, 2010,</ref> In the 2000s, the strict height limits on construction in the District of Columbia led to the development of mid-and high-rise office and residential towers around the Bethesda Metro stop.{{fact|date=February 2021}}

== Geography ==
[[File:Bethesda aerial 2019a.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of downtown Bethesda (bottom right) with the [[National Institutes of Health campus]] (upper left) and [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]] (right)]]
[[File:BethesdaMaryland.jpg|thumb|Bethesda looking southwest at the downtown area]]
[[File:BethesdaMarylandWisconsin.jpg|thumb|Bethesda looking north at [[Wisconsin Avenue]]]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|13.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|13.1|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (0.38%) is water. The main commercial corridor that passes through Bethesda is [[Wisconsin Avenue|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, Maryland|North Bethesda]] and [[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]], ending, after several name changes, in [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]]. Toward the South, Rockville Pike becomes Wisconsin Avenue near the [[National Institute of Health|NIH]] Campus and continues beyond Bethesda through [[Chevy Chase, Maryland|Chevy Chase]], [[Friendship Heights, Maryland|Friendship Heights]] and into [[Washington, D.C.]], ending in [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]].

The area commonly known as Downtown Bethesda is centered at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue, Old Georgetown Road and East-West Highway. This intersection is about two and one-half miles from Washington, D.C.'s western boundary, making Bethesda a close-in suburb of the nation's capital. 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 (Washington Metro)|Bethesda station]] on the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|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 (Washington Metro)|Medical Center]], which serves the NIH Campus, the [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]], and the [[Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences]].


== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of [[2000]], there are 55,277 people, 23,659 households, and 14,455 families residing in the defined area. The [[population density]] is 1,624.2/km&sup2; (4,205.8/mi&sup2;). There are 24,368 housing units at an average density of 716.0/km&sup2; (1,854.1/mi&sup2;). The racial makeup of the community is 85.86% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.67% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.17% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 7.92% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.23% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.11% from two or more races. 5.43% of the population are [[Hispanic American|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.
|1960= 56527
|1970= 71621
|1980= 62736
|1990= 62936
|2000= 55277
|2010= 60858
|2020= 68056
|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 19, 2007 |archive-date=April 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |url-status=live}}</ref><br />2010–2020<ref name="QuickFacts" />
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=== 2000 ===
There are 23,659 households out of which 28.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% are [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9% are non-families. 32.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 2.92.
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live}}</ref> of 2000, there were 55,277 people, 23,659 households, and 14,455 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|4,205.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|adj=off}}. There were 24,368 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,854.1|/sqmi|/km2|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.86% [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 2.67% [[African American (U.S. census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States census)|African American]], 0.17% [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 7.92% [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.23% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 2.11% from two or more races. 5.43% of the population were [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. census)|Latino]] of any race.


There were 23,659 households, out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were [[Marriage|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 community the population is spread out with 21.9% 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 are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.0 males.


In the CDP, 21.8% of the population was 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% was 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 wealthy and well-educated area. The median income for a household is $99,102, and the median income for a family is $130,160. Males have a median income of $84,797 versus $57,569 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the area is $58,479. 3.3% of the population and 1.7% of families are below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 1.8% of those under the age of 18 and 4.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

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,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US2407125&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US24%7C16000US2402275&_street=&_county=bethesda&_cityTown=bethesda&_state=04000US24&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200210223501/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US2407125&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US24%7C16000US2402275&_street=&_county=bethesda&_cityTown=bethesda&_state=04000US24&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|url-status= dead|archive-date= February 10, 2020 |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Bethesda CDP}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/09/20/daily26.html |title=Bethesda ranks #20 on expensive homes list |first=Jeff |last=Clabaugh |date=September 22, 2010 |access-date=March 14, 2011 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629022948/http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/09/20/daily26.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Bethesda is often associated with its neighboring communities, [[Potomac, Maryland|Potomac]], [[Chevy Chase, Maryland|Chevy Chase]], [[Great Falls, Virginia|Great Falls]], [[Virginia]], and [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]], Virginia, for their similar demographics.

=== 2020 ===
The ethnic makeup in 2020 was 69.5% non-Hispanic white, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% black, 11.7% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, and 8.2% of two or more races. 24.4% of the population was foreign-born.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bethesdacdpmaryland/PST045223 |title=2020 Bethesda, MD. demographic estimates |access-date=February 18, 2024 |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507165524/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bethesdacdpmaryland/PST045223 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Landmarks==<!-- This section is linked from the redirect [[Bethesda Row]] -->
[[File:NIH Clinical Research Center aerial.jpg|right|thumb|An aerial view of [[National Institutes of Health|NIH]] in Bethesda, Maryland.]]
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 [[Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center|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|Rockville]] in 1990. The [[Discovery Channel]] also had its headquarters in Bethesda before it moved to [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]] in 2004. On the professional services side, numerous banks (PNC, Capital One Bank) brokerage firms (MorganStanley, Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, Fidelity) and law firms (Ballard Spahr, JDKatz, Paley Rothman, Lerch Early & Brewer) maintain offices in Bethesda. Bethesda has two [[farmers market]]s: the Montgomery Farm Woman's Cooperative Market and the Bethesda Central Farmer's Market. In summer 2021, [[Fox Television Stations]] moved the broadcast facilities of its Washington-area television stations, [[WTTG]] and [[WDCA]], to Bethesda.

Bethesda is the home of [[Congressional Country Club]], which is recognized as one of the world's most prestigious private country clubs. Congressional has hosted four major golf championships, including the [[2011 U.S. Open (golf)|2011 U.S. Open]], won by [[Rory McIlroy]]. [[The National (golf)|The National]], a golf tournament hosted by [[Tiger Woods]], was played at Congressional seven times between 2007 and 2016. Bethesda is also home of the exclusive [[Burning Tree Club]], Bethesda Country Club, and the [[Bethesda Big Train]], a summer collegiate baseball team.

A number of ambassador residences are in Bethesda, including those of [[Bangladesh]], [[Haiti]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Guyana]], [[Honduras]], [[Lesotho]], [[Morocco]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Uruguay]], and [[Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonlife.com/2011/10/26/wl-lists-2011-ambassadors-directory/ |title=Ambassador's Directory |work=Washington Life Magazine |date=October 26, 2011 |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901200541/http://www.washingtonlife.com/2011/10/26/wl-lists-2011-ambassadors-directory/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Diplomatic List |date=February 1985 |publisher=United States Department of State |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zzHAr0kBufsC&q=6200%20highland%20drive%20haiti&pg=RA3-PA32 |access-date=November 5, 2020 |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507165527/https://books.google.com/books?id=zzHAr0kBufsC&q=6200%20highland%20drive%20haiti&pg=RA3-PA32#v=snippet&q=6200%20highland%20drive%20haiti&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

Also located in downtown Bethesda is one of the ''[[Madonna of the Trail]]'' monuments, erected by the National Old Trails Association with the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]]; U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] presided over the dedication of the Bethesda monument, on April 19, 1929. Nearby is the Bethesda Post Office. Also starting in the heart of downtown Bethesda is the [[Capital Crescent Trail]], which follows the old tracks of the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] from [[Georgetown, Washington, D.C.|Georgetown in Washington, D.C.]], to Silver Spring. Walter Reed Medical Center and the Bethesda Theater are two important [[Art Deco in the United States|Art Deco]] architectural structures in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

=== Bethesda Row ===
[[File:Bethesda Row.jpg|thumb|Cobblestoned, pedestrian Bethesda Lane in [[Bethesda Row]]]]
Federal Realty Investment Trust has developed much of the west side of downtown Bethesda into an area called '''Bethesda Row''', incorporating principles of [[new urbanism]] and a mixed-use district including residential apartments and condos (100,000&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup>), retail (300,000&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup>), dining, office space (100,000&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup>), hotels, entertainment, public art and fountains, forming the new core of revitalized downtown Bethesda.<ref name=kindo>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kindostudios.com/bethesda |title="BEthesda Row", Kindo Studios |access-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119124627/http://www.kindostudios.com/bethesda |url-status=live}}</ref> Retail stores include an [[Apple Store]], [[Anthropologie]], and Bethesda Bagels.

== Education ==
Bethesda is located in the [[Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)|Montgomery County Public School District]].
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'''Public primary schools''' located in Bethesda include:
* Ashburton Elementary School
* Bannockburn Elementary School
* Bethesda Elementary School
* Bradley Hills Elementary School
* Burning Tree Elementary School
* Carderock Springs Elementary School
* Seven Locks Elementary School
* Westbrook Elementary School (The only building in Montgomery County MD built under the WPA)
* Wood Acres Elementary School
* Wyngate Elementary School
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'''Public middle schools''' located in Bethesda include:
* North Bethesda Middle School
* [[Thomas W. Pyle Middle School]]
* [[Westland Middle School]]

'''Public high schools''' located in Bethesda include:
* [[Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School]]
* [[Walt Whitman High School (Bethesda, Maryland)|Walt Whitman High School]]
* [[Walter Johnson High School]]
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'''Private schools''' located in Bethesda include:
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* Bethesda Community School
* Feynman School
* [[Rochambeau French International School]] – The secondary campus/administrative headquarters (Forest Road Campus) and the preschool campus (Bradley Campus) is in Bethesda. Circa 2022, the school plans to open a new preschool, and elementary campus in Bethesda.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rochambeau.org/about/campuses |title=Campuses |publisher=Rochambeau French International School |access-date=October 25, 2020 |quote=Administrative Offices 9600 Forest Rd Bethesda, MD 20814[...]BRADLEY CAMPUS – AGE 2 THROUGH KINDERGARTEN[...]7108 Bradley Blvd., in Bethesda, MD 20817[...]FOREST ROAD CAMPUS – 5TH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE[...]9600 Forest Road, Bethesda MD 20814[...]NEW PRIMARY CAMPUS – AGE 2 THROUGH 5TH GRADE[...]Address: 9650 Rockville Pike, in Bethesda, MD 20817 |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024231432/https://www.rochambeau.org/about/campuses |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Georgetown Preparatory School]]
* The Harbor School
* [[Holton-Arms School|Holton-Arms]]
* [[Landon School|Landon]]
* Little Flower School (K–8<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.littleflowerschool.org/ |title=Little Flower School |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116150842/http://www.littleflowerschool.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref>)
* [[Mater Dei School (Bethesda, Maryland)|Mater Dei School]]
* [[Norwood School (Bethesda, Maryland)|Norwood]] (in the [[Potomac, Maryland|Potomac CDP]])
* Oneness-Family School
* Our Lady of Lourdes School
* St. Andrew's Episcopal School (in the [[Potomac, Maryland|Potomac CDP]])
* St. Bartholomew (Blue Ribbon elementary school{{fact|date=October 2020}} PK–8)
* Saint Jane de Chantal Catholic School (preK–8)
* [[Sidwell Friends School]] (Lower School)
* [[Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart]]
* Washington Episcopal School (N–8)
* [[Washington Waldorf School]]
* [[The Woods Academy]]
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Bethesda is 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|Medical Corps]] of the [[United States Army Medical Corps|U.S. Army]], [[Medical Corps (United States Navy)|Navy]], and [[United States Air Force Medical Service|Air Force]], and the [[United States Public Health Service|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. [[National Intelligence University]] is also in Bethesda.

The Washington Japanese Language School, a [[Hoshū jugyō kō|supplementary weekend Japanese school]], holds its classes at the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda.<ref>"[http://www.wjls.org/pdf/SRMap2015.pdf SRMap2015.pdf]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." Washington Japanese Language School. Retrieved on April 16, 2015.</ref><ref name=WJLSHome>"[http://www.wjls2.org/ Home]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150523013114/http://www.wjls2.org/ Archive]). Washington Japanese Language School. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. "学校事務局 Holy Cross Church, Quinn Hall 2F. 4900 Strathmore Avenue, Garrett Park, MD 20896[...]校舎 ストーンリッジ校 Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart 9101 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20814"</ref> The WJLS maintains its school office in [[North Bethesda]], adjacent to [[Garrett Park, Maryland|Garrett Park]].<ref name=GarrettMap>"[http://www.garrettpark-md.gov/c/292/map Map]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140422122200/http://www.garrettpark-md.gov/c/292/map Archive]). Town of Garrett Park. Retrieved on April 30, 2014.</ref><ref name=NBethCDP>"[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2456337_north_bethesda/DC10BLK_P2456337_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS – CENSUS BLOCK MAP: North Bethesda CDP, MD]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140502003255/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2456337_north_bethesda/DC10BLK_P2456337_001.pdf Archive]). [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on April 30, 2014.</ref><!--The two maps (the second city map and the CDP map) show that the institution is adjacent to but is *not* inside Garrett Park--><ref name=WJLSHome /> The institution, giving supplemental education to Japanese-speaking children in the [[Washington, D.C., area]], was founded in 1958,<ref name=WJLSEng>"[http://www.wjls.org/e.htm English] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001145/http://www.wjls.org/e.htm |date=2014-05-02 }}." Washington Japanese Language School. Retrieved on April 30, 2014. "Washington Japanese Language School c/o Holy Cross Church, Quinn Hall, 4900 Strathmore Avenue, Garrett Park, MD 20896"</ref> making it the oldest Japanese government-sponsored supplementary school in the U.S.<ref>"[http://japanphilly.org/tpps/speakers/saidel Andrew M. Saidel]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150415180810/http://japanphilly.org/tpps/speakers/saidel Archive]). Japan-America Society of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP; フィラデルフィア日米協会とは). Retrieved on April 16, 2015.</ref>

The [[Writer's Center]] in Bethesda publishes ''[[Poet Lore]]'', the longest continuously running poetry journal in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=poetlore |title=Poet Lore archives |website=onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu |language=en |access-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035737/http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=poetlore |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Economy ==
[[File:Host Hotels HQ Bethesda MD HST 20210314 181959 1 crop.jpg|thumb|The headquarters building of [[Host Hotels & Resorts]] in downtown Bethesda]]
Notable companies based in Bethesda include:
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* [[AdvisorShares]]
* [[AREVA]] (U.S. headquarters)
* [[ASCII Group]]
* [[Calvert Investments]]
* [[Cambridge Information Group]]
* [[Clark Construction]]
* [[Coventry Health Care]]
* [[Cystic Fibrosis Foundation]]
* [[Enviva]]
* [[Fox Television Stations]]
** [[WTTG]] and [[WDCA]]
* [[HMSHost]]
* [[Host Hotels & Resorts]]
* [[International Neuroethics Society]]
* [[JBG Smith]]
* [[Lockheed Martin]]
* [[Marriott International]]
* [[NBC Sports Washington]]
* [[ProShares]]
* [[Ritz Carlton]]
* [[RLJ Companies]]
* [[United States Enrichment Corporation]]
* [[Youth For Understanding|Youth For Understanding USA]]
* [[Wellness Corporate Solutions]]
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== Management ==
Downtown Bethesda is managed by the Bethesda Urban Partnership, a non-profit organization established in 1994 by Montgomery County.<ref name=boutbup/>

== Transportation ==
[[Washington Metro]]'s [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red Line]] services two primary locations in Bethesda: the downtown area at the [[Bethesda station]], and the area near the [[National Institutes of Health]] and the [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center|Walter Reed Medical Center]] at the [[Medical Center station (Washington Metro)|Medical Center station]]. The [[Maryland Transit Administration]]'s [[Purple Line (Maryland)|Purple Line]], a light rail line currently under construction, will provide a direct connection from Bethesda to [[Silver Spring station (Maryland)|Silver Spring]], the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]], [[College Park–University of Maryland station|College Park]], and [[New Carrollton station|New Carrollton]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://wamu.org/story/17/08/28/everything-need-know-purple-line/ |title=Everything You Need To Know About The Purple Line |last=Di Caro |first=Martin |date=August 28, 2017 |work=WAMU |access-date=January 4, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105011635/https://wamu.org/story/17/08/28/everything-need-know-purple-line/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The Purple Line will allow riders from Bethesda to move between the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red]], [[Green Line (Washington Metro)|Green]], and [[Orange Line (Washington Metro)|Orange]] lines of the Washington Metro transportation system, as well as to [[MARC Train|MARC]] and [[Amtrak]] trains, without needing to ride into central [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purplelinemd.com/en/about-the-project/project-overview |title=Project Overview – Maryland Purple Line |website=www.purplelinemd.com |language=en|access-date=January 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222162406/http://www.purplelinemd.com/en/about-the-project/project-overview|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Local buses include:
* WMATA's Metrobus
*The Montgomery County [[Ride On (bus)|Ride On]] bus system also has several routes through Bethesda.
*[https://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/bethesda-circulator Bethesda Circulator], a free loop bus that operates Monday-Saturday and covers most of downtown Bethesda.

Long-distance buses include:

* [[Fairfax Connector]] Route 798 provides service from [[Tysons, Virginia]] to downtown Bethesda.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Express Route 798 |url=https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector/798 |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=www.fairfaxcounty.gov |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007103548/https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector/798 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Vamoose Bus]] and Tripper Bus,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tripperbus.com/travel-info/pickup/ |title=Tripper Bus Service – Bus Pick-Up Locations|access-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029121215/http://www.tripperbus.com/travel-info/pickup/|archive-date=October 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> both of which provide service from downtown Bethesda to the proximity of [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], [[New York City]].
**Tripper Bus, a privately owned company, provides service from Bethesda 4681 Willow Ln, Bethesda, MD 20814 at the corner of Wisconsin Ave., opposite side of Panera Bread, the same side of Bethesda's Farm Women's Market to [[New York City]] between 8th and 9th Ave near [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]], in close to proximity to [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tripperbus.com/locations |title=Tripper Bus Service – Bus Pick-Up Locations |publisher=Tripperbus.com |access-date=June 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704222526/https://www.tripperbus.com/travel-info/pickup/ |archive-date=July 4, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
[[File:Auerbach Lipofsky.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Red Auerbach]]]]
[[File:Attorney General Merrick Garland.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Merrick Garland]]]]
[[File:Katie Ledecky Golden Goggle Awards 2018.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Katie Ledecky]]]]
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* [[Jonathan Allen (journalist)|Jonathan Allen]], journalist
* [[José Andrés]], chef
* [[Trace Armstrong]], former [[NFL]] player
* [[Red Auerbach]], former [[NBA]] coach<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/28/AR2006102801102_3.html |title=Red Auerbach Dies at 89 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-date=January 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107055756/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/28/AR2006102801102_3.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Aran Bell]], ballet dancer
* [[Deane Beman]], [[PGA Tour]] Commissioner and professional golfer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1963/09/23/616518/the-deane-of-the-amateurs-wins-again |title=The Deane of amateurs wins again |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-date=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810114157/https://www.si.com/vault/1963/09/23/616518/the-deane-of-the-amateurs-wins-again |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ezra Taft Benson]], the [[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]] under [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|President Eisenhower]]
* [[Wolf Blitzer]], journalist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/hoax-emergency-message-sends-police-to-wolf-blitzers-house-in-bethesda/2013/04/28/b515ee92-b03d-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html |title=Hoax emergency message sends police to Wolf Blitzer's house in Bethesda |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803144356/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/hoax-emergency-message-sends-police-to-wolf-blitzers-house-in-bethesda/2013/04/28/b515ee92-b03d-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mike Brey]], basketball coach
* [[James Brown (sportscaster)|James Brown]], sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/January-February-2010/Our-Sports-Authority/ |title=Our Sports Authority |date=September 25, 2010 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184436/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/January-February-2010/Our-Sports-Authority/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Preston Burpo]], former [[MLS]] player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundersfc.com/post/2011/05/20/qa-preston-burpo |title=Q&A: Preston Burpo |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121815/http://www.soundersfc.com/post/2011/05/20/qa-preston-burpo |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Patrick M. Byrne|Patrick Byrne]], entrepreneur<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wjla.com/news/health/-washington-business-report-nov-23-2014-109245 |title=Washington Business Report – Nov. 23, 2014 |date=November 22, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113185939/http://wjla.com/news/health/-washington-business-report-nov-23-2014-109245 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Andrea Carroll (soprano)|Andrea Carroll]], soprano<ref name="ON">{{cite news |url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/1/Departments/Sound_Bites_%E2%80%94%C2%A0Andrea_Carroll.html |title=Sound Bites: Andrea Carroll |work=[[Opera News]] |date=December 2015 |author=F. Paul Driscoll |access-date=December 31, 2015 |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113031438/http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/1/Departments/Sound_Bites_%E2%80%94%C2%A0Andrea_Carroll.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Michael Cerveris]], actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyork.com/articles/broadway/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-me-michael-cerveris-of-fun-home-39574/ |title=10 Things You May Not Know About Me: Michael Cerveris of 'Fun Home'|access-date=August 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702123226/http://www.newyork.com/articles/broadway/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-me-michael-cerveris-of-fun-home-39574/|archive-date=July 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Connie Chung]], television journalist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/15-Celebrities-Who-Grew-Up-Here/Connie-Chung/ |title=15 Celebrities Who Grew Up Here |date=April 20, 2015 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913021205/http://bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/15-Celebrities-Who-Grew-Up-Here/Connie-Chung/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Colin Cloherty]], [[NFL]] player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.browndailyherald.com/2010/04/29/tight-end-colin-cloherty-09-has-a-crazy-ride-as-an-nfl-rookie/ |title=Tight end Colin Cloherty '09 has a 'crazy ride' as an NFL rookie |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194816/http://www.browndailyherald.com/2010/04/29/tight-end-colin-cloherty-09-has-a-crazy-ride-as-an-nfl-rookie/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Steve Coll]], journalist and author
* [[Candy Crowley]], journalist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/cnn-s-new-anchor-candy-crowley-is-not-your-typical/article_41d1f55f-6d5c-5b11-99db-0b80f1fba89b.html |title=CNN's new anchor Candy Crowley is not your typical broadcaster|access-date=August 14, 2015|archive-date=July 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726192806/http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/cnn-s-new-anchor-candy-crowley-is-not-your-typical/article_41d1f55f-6d5c-5b11-99db-0b80f1fba89b.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[E. J. Dionne]], journalist, political commentator, and author
* [[David Dobkin (director)|David Dobkin]], director, screenwriter, and producer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/15-Celebrities-Who-Grew-Up-Here/David-Dobkin/ |title=15 Celebrities Who Grew Up Here |date=April 20, 2015 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913021215/http://bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/15-Celebrities-Who-Grew-Up-Here/David-Dobkin/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Michael Dunn (American football)|Michael Dunn]] (born 1994), [[National Football League]] (NFL) [[offensive lineman]]
* [[William Eacho]], former U.S. ambassador to [[Austria]]
* [[Gregg Easterbrook]], sports columnist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://inkwellmanagement.com/client/gregg-easterbrook |title=Gregg Easterbrook |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913041433/http://inkwellmanagement.com/client/gregg-easterbrook |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jo Ann Emerson]], former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]], [[Missouri]]<ref>{{cite web |website=Congress.gov |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000172 |title=Bioguide Search - Emerson, Jo Ann |access-date=March 2, 2001 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225164942/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000172 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Kenneth Feinberg]], attorney
* [[John Feinstein]], author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/March-April-2013/John-Feinstein/ |title=John Feinstein: The Sporting Life |date=July 31, 2013 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184632/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/March-April-2013/John-Feinstein/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Janet Foutty]], businessperson, author, and public speaker
* [[Thomas Frank]], journalist and author
* [[Neal Fredericks]], cinematographer
* [[Thomas Friedman]], journalist and author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2011/Tom-Friedman-Writes-Whats-Wrong/ |title=Tom Friedman Writes What's Wrong |date=August 22, 2011 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184836/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2011/Tom-Friedman-Writes-Whats-Wrong/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Merrick Garland]], 86th [[United States Attorney General]]
* [[Carol Guess]], American poet and fiction writer
* [[Howard Gutman]], former U.S. ambassador to [[Belgium]]
* [[Mark Halperin]], journalist and author<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/115515/double-down-scoops-how-john-heilemann-and-mark-halperin-learn-secrets |title=The Pivotal, Behind-the-Scenes Story of How the "Game Change" Guys Get Sources to Talk |magazine=[[The New Republic]] |access-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026080532/https://newrepublic.com/article/115515/double-down-scoops-how-john-heilemann-and-mark-halperin-learn-secrets |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Steve Handelsman]], journalist<ref>http://www.nbcwashington.com/on-air/about-us/Steve_Handelsman.htm{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Laura Hillenbrand]], author<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/July-August-2008/We-Knew-Them-When// |title=We Knew Them When |newspaper=Bethesda Magazine & Bethesda Beat |date=July 2008 |author1=Godengosuper |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=July 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707062418/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/July-August-2008/We-Knew-Them-When/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Henry Hodges]], actor, played Horace Robedaux in [[The Orphans' Home Cycle]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mailamovie.info/2020/08/02/disney-channel-stars/ |title=Disney Channel Stars |work=MailAMovie |date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923082150/https://mailamovie.info/2020/08/02/disney-channel-stars/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Antawn Jamison]], basketball player<ref name="bethesdamagazine.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2012/Bethesda-Chevy-Chase-Homes-of-The-Rich-and-Famous/ |title=Bethesda, Chevy Chase Homes of The Rich and Famous |date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024809/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2012/Bethesda-Chevy-Chase-Homes-of-The-Rich-and-Famous/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Walter Johnson]], baseball player<ref name="bigtrain.org">{{cite web |url=http://bigtrain.org/history/walterjohnson/ |title=Walter Johnson|access-date=December 8, 2018|archive-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210045915/http://bigtrain.org/history/walterjohnson/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Spike Jonze]], director, producer, screenwriter, and actor<ref>{{cite web |author=Spike Jonze |url=http://www.biography.com/people/spike-jonze-9542284 |title=Spike Jonze – Film Actor, Screenwriter, Actor, Director, Producer, Television Producer |access-date=June 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808153148/https://www.biography.com/people/spike-jonze-9542284 |archive-date=August 8, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Larry Kaufman]], chess Grandmaster
* [[Brett Kavanaugh]], United States Supreme Court Justice
* [[Judith Kent]], business executive and philanthropist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keenlyside |first=Sarah |date=2024-10-26 |title=Who is JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon’s wife, Judith Kent? |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3283894/who-jamie-dimons-wife-judith-kent-jp-morgan-chase-co-ceos-partner-41-years-donated-us250000-kamala |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |archive-date=November 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112050811/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3283894/who-jamie-dimons-wife-judith-kent-jp-morgan-chase-co-ceos-partner-41-years-donated-us250000-kamala |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Julie Kent (dancer)|Julie Kent]], ballet dancer
* [[Greg Koch]], former [[NFL]] player
* [[Ferenc Körmendi]], Hungarian novelist and broadcaster
* [[Judy Kuhn]], actress
* [[Tim Kurkjian]], [[ESPN]] analyst<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2014/Bethesda-Big-Train-Gearing-Up-For-Holiday-Auction/ |title=Bethesda Big Train Gearing Up For Holiday Auction |date=November 6, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184111/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2014/Bethesda-Big-Train-Gearing-Up-For-Holiday-Auction/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Katie Ledecky]], Olympic champion swimmer<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bethesdas-hometown-champion/2015/08/10/0fa8bc22-3f89-11e5-bfe3-ff1d8549bfd2_story.html |title=Bethesda native Katie Ledecky smashes swimming records in Russia |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814003730/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bethesdas-hometown-champion/2015/08/10/0fa8bc22-3f89-11e5-bfe3-ff1d8549bfd2_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Nils Lofgren]], musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wamadc.com/wama/nilsbio.html |title=Nils Lofgren Bio |publisher=Wamadc.com |date=June 21, 1951 |access-date=June 25, 2017 |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113051733/http://www.wamadc.com/wama/nilsbio.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], actress<ref>{{cite web |author=Jackie Strause |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/julia-louis-dreyfus-alumnae-support-brett-kavanaugh-accuser-letter-1144256 |title=Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alumnae Support Brett Kavanaugh Accuser in Letter – The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=September 17, 2018 |accessdate=March 13, 2022 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422103036/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/julia-louis-dreyfus-alumnae-support-brett-kavanaugh-accuser-letter-1144256 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Allison Macfarlane]], chair of the [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/January-February-2013/Allison-Macfarlane/ |title=Allison Macfarlane in the hot seat |date=January 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2014 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202233525/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/January-February-2013/Allison-Macfarlane/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Justin Maxwell]], [[MLB]] player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://terrapinstationmd.com/2015/04/30/maryland-alum-justin-maxwell-hitting-his-stride/ |title=Maryland alum Justin Maxwell hitting his stride |date=April 30, 2015 |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913133528/http://terrapinstationmd.com/2015/04/30/maryland-alum-justin-maxwell-hitting-his-stride/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Matt McCoy (actor)|Matt McCoy]], actor
* [[Alice McDermott]], author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2014/3/acclaimed-author-alice-mcdermott-is-also-revered-in-her-johns-hopkins-classroom |title=Class Act |date=March 13, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909200719/http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2014/3/acclaimed-author-alice-mcdermott-is-also-revered-in-her-johns-hopkins-classroom |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Sean Murray (actor)|Sean Murray]], actor
* [[Alondra Nelson]], sociologist and Dean of Social Science at [[Columbia University]]
* [[Martin O'Malley]], politician, former [[governor of Maryland]], former Democratic presidential candidate<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/29/410535675/5-things-you-should-know-about-martin-omalley |title=5 Things You Should Know About Martin O'Malley |newspaper=NPR |date=May 29, 2015 |last1=Summers |first1=Juana |access-date=April 5, 2018 |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207193215/https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/29/410535675/5-things-you-should-know-about-martin-omalley |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran|Reza Pahlavi]], [[Iran]]ian [[Pahlavi dynasty|royalty]], son of Iran's last monarch.
* [[Nick Palatas]], actor
* [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]], progressive metal band
* [[Maury Povich]], television host<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytix.com/TVShows/Current/MauryPovich/biography.html |title=Maury Povich Biography|access-date=August 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113114534/http://www.nytix.com/TVShows/Current/MauryPovich/biography.html|archive-date=January 13, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Mark Pryor]], former [[U.S. Senator]], [[Arkansas]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/March-April-2010/Class-of-81/ |title=Class of '81 |date=April 12, 2010 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184530/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/March-April-2010/Class-of-81/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Giuliana Rancic]], celebrity news personality<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/15-Celebrities-Who-Grew-Up-Here/Giuliana-Rancic/ |title=15 Celebrities Who Grew Up Here |date=April 20, 2015 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913021326/http://bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/15-Celebrities-Who-Grew-Up-Here/Giuliana-Rancic/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Patricia Richardson]], actress, ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''
* [[James Risen]], journalist
* [[Alexandra Robbins]], author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/reads/13-questions-for-alexandra-robbins-online-exclusive.php |title=13 Questions for Alexandra Robbins |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920024355/http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/reads/13-questions-for-alexandra-robbins-online-exclusive.php |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Cokie Roberts]], journalist and author
* [[Wayne Rooney]], British soccer player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Drew |first1=Jonathan |title=Soccer star Wayne Rooney charged with public intoxication |url=https://www.apnews.com/fdf1a9b1d57c411a9bda05482096a0ab |work=Associated Press |date=January 6, 2019 |quote=documents, which list Rooney as living in the capital suburb of Bethesda, Maryland... |access-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107034759/https://apnews.com/fdf1a9b1d57c411a9bda05482096a0ab |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Richard Schiff]], actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://officialrichardschiff.com/about-richard-schiff/ |title=About Actor Richard Schiff|access-date=August 14, 2015|archive-date=September 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914031533/http://officialrichardschiff.com/about-richard-schiff/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Dan Shanoff]], sports columnist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/marketing/media_kit/pressroom/2012/releases/061112_sports_aquires_quickish.html |title=Quickish founder Dan Shanoff joins the USA TODAY Sports Media Group |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206053635/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/marketing/media_kit/pressroom/2012/releases/061112_sports_aquires_quickish.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[David Simon]], author, journalist, and television producer<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/david-simon-of-the-wire-former-high-school-muckraker/2012/03/28/gIQAjLHpgS_blog.htm |title=David Simon of 'The Wire': Former high school muckraker |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 24, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312201726/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/david-simon-of-the-wire-former-high-school-muckraker/2012/03/28/gIQAjLHpgS_blog.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Gordon Smith (politician)|Gordon Smith]], former [[U.S. Senator]], [[Oregon]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/08/gordon_smith_finds_happiness_i.html |title=Gordon Smith finds happiness in private sector, has no plans to seek office |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827004235/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/08/gordon_smith_finds_happiness_i.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]], actor<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/brand-connect/wp/2014/05/21/famous-faces-from-montgomery-county/ |title=Famous Faces from Montgomery County |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 24, 2017|archive-date=October 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017002316/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/brand-connect/wp/2014/05/21/famous-faces-from-montgomery-county/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[John Sweeney (labor leader)|John J. Sweeney]], Former President of the AFL-CIO<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2021/02/02/former-afl-cio-president-john-sweeney-dies-at-age-86/ |title=Former AFL-CIO President John Sweeney dies at age 86 |date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119004731/https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2021/02/02/former-afl-cio-president-john-sweeney-dies-at-age-86/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jacob Tamarkin]], mathematician
* [[George Spiro Thanos]], martial artist champion<ref>Chuck Doyle, "Ki Whang Kim: Taekwondo's Benevolent Master," ''Official Karate'' (June 1975): 20.</ref>
* [[Jeff Tremaine]], director, screenwriter, and producer
* [[Christopher Weaver]], software developer
* [[Meredith Whitney]] (born 1969), businesswoman
* [[Thomas Wieser]], American-Austrian economist
* [[Michael Wilbon]], journalist, sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2014/Bethesda-Magazine-Interview/ |title=Michael Wilbon: sports writer turned TV star |date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184916/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2014/Bethesda-Magazine-Interview/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Gedion Zelalem]], professional footballer (soccer)
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== See also ==
* [[Washington metropolitan area]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.bccchamber.org/ Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827171848/http://bccchamber.org/ |date=August 27, 2008 }}
* [http://www.bethesda.org/ Bethesda Urban Partnership]
* [http://www.bethesda.org/ Bethesda Urban Partnership]
* [http://www.bethesda.med.navy.mil/ National Naval Medical Center]
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Latest revision as of 02:56, 18 December 2024

Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda Urban Partnership
From top: Bethesda Meeting House, Bethesda's Madonna of the Trail statue, the National Institutes of Health, downtown Bethesda near the Bethesda Metro station, Bethesda Avenue at night, Bethesda Theatre, and the Connie Morella Library.
From top: Bethesda Meeting House, Bethesda's Madonna of the Trail statue, the National Institutes of Health, downtown Bethesda near the Bethesda Metro station, Bethesda Avenue at night, Bethesda Theatre, and the Connie Morella Library.
Boundaries of Bethesda CDP from U.S. Census Bureau
Boundaries of Bethesda CDP from U.S. Census Bureau
Location of Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland
Location of Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland
Coordinates: 38°59′5″N 77°6′47″W / 38.98472°N 77.11306°W / 38.98472; -77.11306
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountyMontgomery
Government
 • TypeUrban partnership[1]
 • Executive directorJeff Burton[2]
Area
 • Total
13.33 sq mi (34.52 km2)
 • Land13.26 sq mi (34.35 km2)
 • Water0.07 sq mi (0.17 km2)
Elevation354 ft (108 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
68,056
 • Density5,131.65/sq mi (1,981.30/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
20800–20899
Area codes301, 240
FIPS code24-07125
GNIS feature ID2389206[4]

Bethesda (/bəˈθɛzdə/) is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Located just northwest of Washington, D.C., it is a major business and government center of the Washington metropolitan region and a national center for medical research. According to the 2020 census, the community had a total population of 68,056.[5]

It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda.[6]

History

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Bethesda is located in the traditional territory of the indigenous Native Piscataway and Nacotchtank at the time of European colonization. Fur trader Henry Fleet became the first European to visit the area, reaching it by sailing up the Potomac River. He stayed with the Piscataway tribe from 1623 to 1627, either as a guest or prisoner (historical accounts differ). Fleet eventually secured funding for another expedition to the region and was later granted proprietary rights to 2,000 acres of land in the nascent colony and became a member of Maryland's colonial legislature.[7] Raids from the Senecas and Susquehannock resulted in the creation of the Maryland division of Rangers in 1694 to patrol the frontier.[7]

Most settlers in colonial Maryland were tenant farmers who paid their rent in tobacco, and colonists continued to expand farther north in search of fertile land. Henry Darnall (1645–1711) surveyed a 710-acre (290-hectare) area in 1694 which became the first land grant in Bethesda.[7] Tobacco farming was the primary way of life in Bethesda throughout the 1700s. The city avoided seeing action during the Revolutionary War, although it became a supply region for the fledgling Continental Navy. The establishment of Washington, D.C., in 1790 deprived Montgomery County of its economic center at Georgetown, although the event had little effect on the small farmers throughout Bethesda.[7]

Between 1805 and 1821, Bethesda became a rural way station after the development of the Washington and Rockville Turnpike, which carried tobacco and other products between Georgetown and Rockville, and north to Frederick. The Bethesda Meeting House, a Presbyterian church, was built in 1820. The church burned in 1849 and was rebuilt the same year about 100 yards (91 m) south, and its former location became the Cemetery of the Bethesda Meeting House.

In 1852, the postmaster general established a post office in the area and appointed Rev. A. R. Smith its first postmaster.[8] By 1862, a small settlement had grown around a store and tollhouse along the turnpike known as "Darcy's Store" for the store's owner, William E. Darcy. It consisted of a blacksmith shop, a church and school, and a few houses and stores. In 1871, postmaster Robert Franck renamed the settlement for the church.[9]

A streetcar line was established in 1890 and suburbanization increased in the early 1900s, and Bethesda grew in population. Communities near railroad lines had grown the fastest during the 19th century.[7] In 1910, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad completed its Georgetown Branch line from Silver Spring to Georgetown, including a storage yard there and multiple sidings serving industries in Bethesda. B&O successor CSX ceased train service on the line in 1985, so the county transformed it into a trail in the rails-to-trails movement. The tracks were removed in 1994, and the first part of the trail was opened in 1998; it has become the most used rail-trail in the United States, averaging over one million users per year.[10]

Subdivisions began to appear on old farmland in the late 19th century, becoming the neighborhoods of Drummond, Woodmont, Edgemoor, and Battery Park. Farther 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, Armistead Peter's pioneering manor house "Winona" (1873) became the clubhouse of the 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) became the home-in-exile of the Norwegian royal family during World War II.[9][11]

Before the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, restrictive covenants were used in Bethesda to exclude racial and ethnic minorities—primarily African-Americans, but also Asian-Americans and ethnic groups regarded as "Semitic", including Armenians, Jews, Iranians, Greeks, Turks, and Syrians.[12] One 1938 restrictive covenant in the Bradley Woods subdivision of Bethesda said, "No part of the land hereby conveyed, shall ever be used, or occupied by or sold, demised, transferred, conveyed, unto, or in trust for, leased, or rented, or given to negroes, or any person or persons of negro blood or extraction or to any person of the Semitic Race, blood, or origin, which racial description shall be deemed to include Armenians, Jews, Hebrews, Persians, Syrians, Greeks and Turks, or to any person of the Mongolian Race, blood, or origin, which racial description shall be deemed to include Chinese, Japanese, and Mongolians, except that this paragraph shall not be held to exclude partial occupancy of the premises by domestic servants of the purchaser or purchasers."[13] In practice, covenants excluding "Semitic races" were generally used to exclude Jews as Montgomery County did not have notable Armenian, Greek, Syrian, or Turkish populations at the time.[14]

World War II and the subsequent expansion of government fed the rapid growth 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, and this drew government contractors, medical professionals, and other businesses to the area.

Bethesda became the major urban core and employment center of southwestern Montgomery County.[9] This recent vigorous growth followed the 1984 expansion of Metrorail with a station in Bethesda. The Bethesda Metro Center was built over the Red line metro rail, which opened up further commercial and residential development in the immediate vicinity.[15] In the 2000s, the strict height limits on construction in the District of Columbia led to the development of mid-and high-rise office and residential towers around the Bethesda Metro stop.[citation needed]

Geography

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Aerial view of downtown Bethesda (bottom right) with the National Institutes of Health campus (upper left) and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (right)
Bethesda looking southwest at the downtown area
Bethesda looking north at Wisconsin Avenue

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.2 square miles (34 km2), of which 13.1 square miles (34 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.38%) is water. The main commercial corridor that passes 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. 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. This intersection is about two and one-half miles from Washington, D.C.'s western boundary, making Bethesda a close-in suburb of the nation's capital. 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

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
196056,527
197071,62126.7%
198062,736−12.4%
199062,9360.3%
200055,277−12.2%
201060,85810.1%
202068,05611.8%
source:[16]
2010–2020[5]

2000

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As of the census[17] of 2000, there were 55,277 people, 23,659 households, and 14,455 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,205.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,623.9/km2). There were 24,368 housing units at an average density of 1,854.1 per square mile (715.9/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.86% White, 2.67% Black or African American, 0.17% Native American, 7.92% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.23% from other races, and 2.11% from two or more races. 5.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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, 21.8% of the population was 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% was 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,[18] 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).[19]

Bethesda is often associated with its neighboring communities, Potomac, Chevy Chase, Great Falls, Virginia, and McLean, Virginia, for their similar demographics.

2020

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The ethnic makeup in 2020 was 69.5% non-Hispanic white, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% black, 11.7% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, and 8.2% of two or more races. 24.4% of the population was foreign-born.[20]

Landmarks

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An aerial view of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland.

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 in 1990. The Discovery Channel also had its headquarters in Bethesda before it moved to Silver Spring in 2004. On the professional services side, numerous banks (PNC, Capital One Bank) brokerage firms (MorganStanley, 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. In summer 2021, Fox Television Stations moved the broadcast facilities of its Washington-area television stations, WTTG and WDCA, to Bethesda.

Bethesda is the home of Congressional Country Club, which is recognized as one of the world's most prestigious private country clubs. Congressional has hosted four major golf championships, including the 2011 U.S. Open, won by Rory McIlroy. The National, a golf tournament hosted by Tiger Woods, was played at Congressional seven times between 2007 and 2016. Bethesda is also home of the exclusive Burning Tree Club, Bethesda Country Club, and the Bethesda Big Train, a summer collegiate baseball team.

A number of ambassador residences are in Bethesda, including those of Bangladesh, Haiti, Cape Verde, Guyana, Honduras, Lesotho, Morocco, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Zimbabwe.[21][22]

Also located in downtown Bethesda is one of the Madonna of the Trail monuments, erected by the National Old Trails Association with the Daughters of the American Revolution; U.S. President Harry S. Truman presided over the dedication of the Bethesda monument, on April 19, 1929. Nearby is the Bethesda Post Office. Also starting in the heart of downtown Bethesda is the Capital Crescent Trail, which follows the old tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Georgetown in Washington, D.C., to Silver Spring. Walter Reed Medical Center and the Bethesda Theater are two important Art Deco architectural structures in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Bethesda Row

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Cobblestoned, pedestrian Bethesda Lane in Bethesda Row

Federal Realty Investment Trust has developed much of the west side of downtown Bethesda into an area called Bethesda Row, incorporating principles of new urbanism and a mixed-use district including residential apartments and condos (100,000 ft2), retail (300,000 ft2), dining, office space (100,000 ft2), hotels, entertainment, public art and fountains, forming the new core of revitalized downtown Bethesda.[23] Retail stores include an Apple Store, Anthropologie, and Bethesda Bagels.

Education

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Bethesda is located in the Montgomery County Public School District.

Private schools located in Bethesda include:

Private schools in Bethesda

Bethesda is 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, and Air Force, and the 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. National Intelligence University is also in Bethesda.

The Washington Japanese Language School, a supplementary weekend Japanese school, holds its classes at the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda.[26][27] The WJLS maintains its school office in North Bethesda, adjacent to Garrett Park.[28][29][27] The institution, giving supplemental education to Japanese-speaking children in the Washington, D.C., area, was founded in 1958,[30] making it the oldest Japanese government-sponsored supplementary school in the U.S.[31]

The Writer's Center in Bethesda publishes Poet Lore, the longest continuously running poetry journal in the United States.[32]

Economy

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The headquarters building of Host Hotels & Resorts in downtown Bethesda

Notable companies based in Bethesda include:

Management

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Downtown Bethesda is managed by the Bethesda Urban Partnership, a non-profit organization established in 1994 by Montgomery County.[1]

Transportation

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Washington Metro's Red Line services two primary locations in Bethesda: the downtown area at the Bethesda station, and the area near the National Institutes of Health and the Walter Reed Medical Center at the Medical Center station. The Maryland Transit Administration's Purple Line, a light rail line currently under construction, will provide a direct connection from Bethesda to Silver Spring, the University of Maryland, College Park, and New Carrollton.[33] 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.[34]

Local buses include:

  • WMATA's Metrobus
  • The Montgomery County Ride On bus system also has several routes through Bethesda.
  • Bethesda Circulator, a free loop bus that operates Monday-Saturday and covers most of downtown Bethesda.

Long-distance buses include:

Notable people

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Red Auerbach
Merrick Garland
Katie Ledecky

See also

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