Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda is an urbanized, but unincorporated, area in Montgomery County, Maryland, near Washington, D.C.. It takes its name from a church located there, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church (built 1820), which in turn was named from a passage in the New Testament.

Bethesda's Population History from the U.S. Census Bureau

• 1960....56,527
• 1970....71,621
• 1980....62,736
• 1990....62,936
• 2000....55,277

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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