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Montgomery

county, Maryland, United States
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Montgomery, county, central Maryland, U.S. It consists of a piedmont region bounded by the Patuxent River to the northeast, Washington, D.C., to the south, and Virginia to the south and west (the Potomac River constituting the border). The county is drained by Rock Creek and features several parklands, including Seneca Creek State Park and part of Patuxent River State Park. Montgomery county was created in 1776 and named for Richard Montgomery, a general in the...

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