Silver Spring, Maryland

E20702
census-designated place edge city unincorporated community

Silver Spring, Maryland is a major suburban community just north of Washington, D.C., known as a regional commercial hub and home to several federal agencies and media organizations.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States 6
Downtown Silver Spring 1
Downtown Silver Spring retail district 1
Long Branch, Silver Spring, Maryland 1
Silver Spring 1
Woodside, Silver Spring, Maryland 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
edge city ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
adjacentTo Chevy Chase, Maryland ⓘ
Langley Park, Maryland ⓘ
Takoma Park, Maryland ⓘ
Wheaton, Maryland ⓘ
areaCode 240 ⓘ
301 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Montgomery County ⓘ
surface form: Montgomery County, Maryland
developmentType suburban commercial hub ⓘ
elevation 266 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 24-73075 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0591420 ⓘ
hasEvent Silverdocs documentary film festival (now AFI Docs, formerly held there) ⓘ
hasFeature mixed-use downtown redevelopment ⓘ
hasLandmark AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center ⓘ
Discovery Building (former Discovery Communications headquarters) ⓘ
Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
surface form: Food and Drug Administration headquarters (White Oak campus)

National Museum of Health and Medicine ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
surface form: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration headquarters

Silver Spring Civic Building ⓘ
hasMediaOrganization Discovery Communications (former headquarters) ⓘ
Radio One (urban one) (former headquarters in area) ⓘ
hasNeighborhood Silver Spring, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Downtown Silver Spring

Four Corners, Maryland ⓘ
White Oak, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Hillandale, Maryland

Kemp Mill, Maryland ⓘ
Silver Spring, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Long Branch, Silver Spring, Maryland

White Oak, Maryland ⓘ
Silver Spring, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Woodside, Silver Spring, Maryland
hasOrganization AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center ⓘ
surface form: American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
National Labor College (former) ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
hasShoppingArea Silver Spring, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Downtown Silver Spring retail district
hasTransportation Silver Spring station ⓘ
locatedIn Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter a mica-flecked spring discovered in the 19th century ⓘ
partOf Capital Beltway region ⓘ
Montgomery County ⓘ
surface form: Montgomery County, Maryland
postalCode 20901 ⓘ
20902 ⓘ
20903 ⓘ
20904 ⓘ
20905 ⓘ
20906 ⓘ
20910 ⓘ
20912 ⓘ
servedBy MARC Brunswick Line ⓘ
Metrobus ⓘ
Ride On bus system ⓘ
surface form: Ride On (Montgomery County) buses

Washington Metro Red Line ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bill Callahan → birthPlace → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Bethesda, Maryland → borderedBy → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 → connectsCity → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps → garrison → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
Montgomery County → hasCommunity → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
subject surface form: Montgomery County, Maryland
Rockville, Maryland → hasNearbyCity → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
Silver Spring, Maryland → hasNeighborhood → Silver Spring, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Downtown Silver Spring
Silver Spring, Maryland → hasNeighborhood → Silver Spring, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Woodside, Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland → hasNeighborhood → Silver Spring, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Branch, Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland → hasShoppingArea → Silver Spring, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Downtown Silver Spring retail district
Animal Planet → headquartersLocation → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
Food and Drug Administration → headquartersLocation → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps → headquartersLocation → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
National Geodetic Survey → headquartersLocation → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
NGS → headquartersLocation → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
subject surface form: National Geodetic Survey
National Weather Service → headquartersLocation → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist Church → headquartersLocation → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
TLC → headquartersLocation → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
Office of Habitat Conservation → locatedIn → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
Northwest Washington, D.C. → locatedNear → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
Smog → origin → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
Interstate 495 → passesNear → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
subject surface form: Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)
Dan Snyder → placeOfBirth → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Snyder → placeOfBirth → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
subject surface form: Dan Snyder
this entity surface form: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Rachel Carson → placeOfDeath → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Carson → placeOfDeath → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
subject surface form: Rachel Carson
this entity surface form: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Rachel Carson → residence → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Red Line → servesNeighborhood → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
subject surface form: Red Line (Washington Metro)
this entity surface form: Silver Spring
Washington Metro Red Line → servesSuburb → Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ