SILVER SPRING

Silver Spring is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.It had a population of 71,452 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown.

The urbanized, oldest, and southernmost part of Silver Spring is a major business hub that lies at the north apex of Washington, D.C. As of 2004, the Central Business District (CBD) held 7,254,729 square feet of office space, 5216 dwelling units and 17.6 acres of parkland. The community has recently undergone a significant renaissance, with the addition of major retail, residential, and office developments.