Leisure World
Leisure World is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is an age-restricted, gated development primarily inhabited by retirees.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 8,750 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, U.S.; age-restricted, gated development
- Also known as: “Leisure World CDP”, “Leisure World Census Designated Place”, “Leisure World of Maryland”, “Leisure World, Maryland”, “Leisure World, MD”, and “Rossmoor”
- Historically known as: “Rossmoor CDP” and “Rossmoor Census Designated Place”
- Postal code: 20906
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gate of Heaven Cemetery and Washington Christian Academy.
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Cemetery
Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Aspen Hill section of Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States. It is operated and maintained by the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.
Washington Christian Academy
School
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Washington Christian Academy is a private Christian school established in 1960 in Silver Spring, Maryland that is now located in Olney, Maryland, at a new campus that was completed in 2008.
Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery
Cemetery
Aspin Hill Memorial Park, also known as Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery, is a pet cemetery located in Aspen Hill, Maryland, at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Aspen Hill Road, 7.5 miles north of Washington, D.C. The cemetery contains more than 50,000 pet burials, and more than 50 human burials. Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery is situated 1½ miles south of Leisure World.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norbeck and Layhill.
Norbeck
Quarter
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Norbeck is the area of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, around Norbeck Road east of Georgia Avenue to Layhill Road. Shortly before the Civil War, free blacks founded Norbeck.
Layhill
Village
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Layhill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, Layhill had a population of 5,764 in 2020. Layhill is situated 1½ miles southeast of Leisure World.
Aspen Hill
Town
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Aspen Hill is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located 6 miles north of Washington D.C. Its population as of the 2020 census was 51,063. Aspen Hill is situated 1½ miles south of Leisure World.
Leisure World
Latitude
39.10372° or 39° 6′ 13″ northLongitude
-77.07109° or 77° 4′ 16″ westPopulation
8,750Elevation
420 feet (128 metres)Inception
September 1966Open location code
87F44W3H+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 158299853OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Leisure World” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Leisure World”
- Chinese: “萊熱沃爾德”
- Chinese: “马里兰休闲世界”
- French: “Leisure World”
- German: “Leisure World”
- Gilaki: “لیژر وؤرلد (مريلند)”
- Gilaki: “لیژر وؤرلد”
- Igbo: “Ụwa Ntụrụndụ, Maryland”
- Irish: “Leisure World”
- Ladin: “Leisure World”
- Persian: “لیشور ورلد، مریلند”
- Persian: “لیشور ورلد”
- Polish: “Leisure World”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Leisure World, Maryland”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Leisure World”
- Spanish: “Leisure World”
- Tatar: “Лижер-Ворлд (Мэриленд)”
- Tatar: “Лижер-Ворлд”
- Ukrainian: “Ліжер-Ворлд”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leisure World Clubhouse I and USPS - Leisure World Branch.
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