Talk:Bethesda, Maryland
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[edit] Bethesda Presbyterian or Bethesda Meeting House
I've heard from a few people (including the previous montgomery county historian) that Bethesda got it's name from the Bethesda meeting house, not Bethesda Presbyterian. Does anyone have the story behind the claim?
- BMH was the church of BP until 1926 when the congregation moved to its present building at Wilson Ln & Clarendon Rd... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 140.139.35.250 (talk) 20:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Panoramic photo
Is that panoramic photo taken from the top of the Air Rights buiding?
- Not quite. It's from the roof of the Residence Inn hotel one block north.
- The Photo is great, but it really destroys the look of the page, can it be cropped or resized or anything? 66.119.27.235 18:12, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Landmarks
Is it worth mentioning companies, ie the Discovery Channel, which used to be in Bethesda, but have moved? --Cgmusselman 06:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Population Information
I would be interested to know where Moreau36 got his population information. To my knowledge Bethesda's population has grown over the past 40 years, not shrunk. - BIG BROTHER
It's very hard to tell exactly the Population of Bethesda because, first of all, because it's unincorporated (lack of municipal boundaries). The only source of the historical population for the community is from the U.S. Census Bureau's program for unincorporated communities called Census Designated Places, which dates back to the 1950 census. The tricky thing about unincorporated CDP's is that the boundaries set by the Census are not "grandfathered" in and thus, are subjected to dramatic change from one Census year to another with the change of the settlement pattern. Bethesda and Potomac are good examples. You can also check out the bureau's website at http://www.census.gov for more statsical information about Bethesda. Hope this will answer your concern :) Moreau36
It would appear that the 1980 census and the 2000 census both considerably ensmallened the Bethesda CDP. I assume that the 1980 census split off Potomac. What did the 2000 census split off? john k 01:38, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
I know that the a new CDP of Friendship Heights, Maryland (pop. 4,512) was one that split from Bethesda in 2000 and I think a small area in the southeastern part ,near Silver Spring, was lost and it didn't belong to any (census) place.
Speaking of Silver Spring, it slightly gained population in 2000, but lost a significant amount of territory to two newly formed CDPs of Kemp Mill and Forest Glen. The huge drop between 1990 and 2000 sort of surprised me a bit considering that Bethesda lost less than 25% of the census territory between 1990 and 2000. Moreau36
[edit] History
I'm pretty sure the information about the village of Bethesda in Wales is false. There is a town named Bethesda in Wales-see Bethesda, Gwynedd-but it is not in Pembrokeshire. Also, Montgomery Road is more likely named after the Revolutionary War general, not Montgomeryshire. If a credible source for this information doesn't surface by Tuesday, January 23rd, 2006, I will have to remove said information. Thank you. Mmace91 05:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
