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Contents 1 No bodies of water 2 Fourth largest city in Maryland? 3 Amtrak 4 Cumberland, MD Transit 5 Sister City 6 McClellan at the Beall-Dawson House 7 NCGUB Headquarters 8 Selective Demographics

[edit] No bodies of water

I was flipping through this article and noticed the "there are no bodies of water in MD, but I atleast know of one (Lake Needwood), so for now I've changed it to "no major bodies of water. I'm not sure what the context of the original statement was exactly but I know that as it was it was false.[[subst:unsigned|138.88.137.25}}

Needwood,(and Lake Frank) are outside of the City Limits. See the map near the middle of the article.

[edit] Fourth largest city in Maryland?

According to both the Rockville and the Frederick articles, they are both the fourth most populous cities in the state of Maryland. Which is larger? And which census updates are used to determine these? Alex 05:43, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

The numbers have recently changed, based on census figures released on June 30th of this year. Up until that point, Frederick was the third most populous city (behind Baltimore and Gaithersburg), but the new report has had it slip behind Rockville. The difference, however, is pretty insignificant: according to the 2004 data available on the U.S. Census Bureau website, Rockville's total residency is 57,100, compared to Frederick's 57,009 (data available here, in Excel spreadsheet format). I'll update the page and add a reference to reflect this. – Seancdaug 14:25, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

To further complicate matters, the Rockville web site claims that the city is the fifth largest based on 2003 figures. The problem is that I can't find detailed demographics on the newer numbers (families, households, racial, gender, etc.), and it feels wrong to present numbers based on two different figures. Thoughts, anyone? – Seancdaug 14:41, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Amtrak

Is this section really necessary? Especially the bit about price, that isn't even filled in. It seems like it would be liable to change too rapidly to really be appropriate. The schedule is available at http://www.amtrak.com/timetable/oct06/P29.pdf if anybody cares enough to edit it in, but I don't think it's useful. People can go to the primary source so easily for things like that. ejstheman 06:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. A link to the info is enough nadav 07:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cumberland, MD Transit

I deleted the following as it was specific to Cumberland, MD, about 175 miles away. Maybe it got pasted in along with information about commuter rail? Anyway, none of it had anything to do with Rockville, MD:

=== Within the City ===

The primary public transportation in the City of Cumberland is bus service provided by Allegany County Transit. This service is fairly extensive, consisting of five scheduled routes that reach most areas of the City and providing access to most public facilities. The bus depot is located in the South End to the west of Virginia Avenue on Lafayette Avenue. The Allegany County Transit Authority also serves LaVale, Frostburg, Lonaconing, Mt. Savage, and Cresaptown.

Also:

=== Highways ===

Cumberland's roadway system consists of a series of interconnected grids defined by natural and man-made barriers including steep slopes, the Potomac River, Wills Creek, rail lines, and I-68. Originally developed for a larger population than currently lives in Cumberland, the overall system is generally adequate to accommodate existing levels of traffic. Major highway arteries serving the Cumberland area include:

• • Interstate 68
  • U.S. Route 40
  • U.S. Route 220

None of these roads runs through, or, particularly close to Rockville.Carlaclaws 01:26, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, it appears I've messed up somehow; I got a friendly advisor regarding the content of my post, but I haven't been able to identify the violation. Can you please help me out? Should I revert my changes? While I appreciate the civil tone of Wikipedia, it would be helpful if someone could point out my mistake(s). Thanks much. Carlaclaws 01:41, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sister City

The article states that Schleswig-Holstein is one of the city's sister cities. However, Schleswig-Holstein is a state in Germany. I am not familiar with the true arrangement; however, a sister city cannot be a state. Please correct this. 71.176.143.119 03:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] McClellan at the Beall-Dawson House

Boy, is my face red. I'm glad that I "discussed" it instead of changing the page. Apparently, McClellan did spend the night of September 7, 1862 at the Beall/Dawson House, and wrote home to his wife the next day that Miss Beall was "an old maid of strong Union sentiment." Source: Jacobs, Charles T. Civil War Guide to Montgomery County, Maryland. (Rockville, MD: Montgomery County Historical Society, 1996), p. 46. Ferthalangur 21:56, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NCGUB Headquarters

I would like to suggest that the fact that the headquarters of the exile government of Burma (Myanmar) – the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) – is located in Rockville, Maryland, be placed in this article. Saphius 09:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Selective Demographics

The demographics data are not well presented, using old data, and only showing part of that. Here are the current data for schools. Quoting figures for schools should be trivial. But by selectively presenting part of the data, it gives an inaccurate picture. The data for high schools is presented as though it represents the demographics of a particular area (but high schools, unlike say, elementary schools, have wide feeder areas which blur things a bit). Here's a quick read of the current data for elementary schools having more than 20% Asian:

20.2 Fox Chapel (Germantown)  
20.4 Tyler (Silver Spring)  
20.6 Garrett Park
21.0 Westover (Silver Spring)
22.0 Thurgood Marshall (Gaithersburg)    
21.7 Fields Road (Gaithersburg)    
22.6 Beverly Farms (Potomac)    
23.1 Luxmanor
23.3 McNair (Germantown)
23.3 Candlewood    
23.5 Great Seneca Creek (Germantown)
24.8 Ride (Germantown)
26.1 College Gardens    
26.1 Potomac (Potomac)    
26.9 Park
27.2 Clarksburg    
27.5 Cold Spring (Potomac)    
27.7 Little Bennett (Clarksburg)    
30.2 Wayside (Potomac)
31.9 Fallsmead    
33.3 Diamond (Gaithersburg)    
33.7 DuFief (Gaithersburg)     
34.6 Farmland
35.5 Travilah (North Potomac)
40.1 Lackwood
40.4 Matsunga (Germantown)
47.0 Stone Mill (North Potomac)

As illustrated here, several locations have large Asian populations. Rockville accounts for a third of the list. Tedickey (talk) 00:27, 18 March 2008 (UTC)