1945 Map of Gaithersburg

About this map

Gaithersburg and its surrounding Montgomery County landscape are captured here in a period of significant post-war transition. While the Baltimore and Ohio railroad remains a primary corridor through Metropolitan Grove and Washington Grove, the 1970s updates reveal the rapid expansion of Montgomery Village and large institutional footprints like the National Bureau of Standards. Local-history details are preserved in the positioning of smaller crossroad settlements such as Prathertown, Stewart Town, and Emory Grove. The map details the drainage basins of Great Seneca Creek and Rock Creek, showing how the early agricultural patterns of Goshen and Laytonsville began to interface with specialized facilities like the Montgomery County Airpark and the US Atomic Energy Comm.