Potomac, Maryland

Potomac is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area located in Montgomery County, Maryland.

History

In 1716, the Canaze Indian nation built a trail called the Tehogee Indian Trail which is still the route of River Road today. Several years later, the first farmers arrived. In 1829, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was completed in an area that had become known as Offutts Crossroads. The cornerstone was laid there and the name was changed to Potomac, in honor of the river that passes through the town.

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1716 - Indian - 1829 - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - River

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Past and present residents of the area include members of the Marriott hotel family, broadcaster Ted Koppel, Queen Noor and the late King Hussein of Jordan, Redskins owner Dan Snyder, former New York Knicks basketball player Patrick Ewing, television producer and creator of Sex and the City Darren Star, tennis player Pete Sampras, Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, broadcast journalist and First Lady of California Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger, writer and photographer Deborah Copaken Kogan, boxer Mike Tyson and boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, and the world renowned philanthropist Brian Schwartz.

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Ted Koppel - Queen Noor - King Hussein - Dan Snyder - New York Knicks - Patrick Ewing - Sex and the City - Darren Star - Pete Sampras - Eunice Kennedy Shriver - Maria Shriver - Mike Tyson - Sugar Ray Leonard - Brian Schwartz

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