Potomac

Potomac is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018.
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  • Type: Town with 45,000 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, suburb of Washington, DC
  • Also known as: “N Potomac”, “North Potomac”, “Offutt’s Crossroads”, “Offutts Cross Road”, “Potomac (Maryland)”, “Potomac, Maryland”, “Potomac, MD”, “Potomako”, “Section Eight”, “Потомаc”, “Потомак (Меріленд)”, “ポトマック (メリーランド州)”, and “波多馬克 (馬利蘭州)”
  • Postal codes: 20854 and 20859
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Bedfordshire Neighborhood Park.

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Park
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cabin John and Carderock.

Village
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is a census-designated place and… is situated 4 miles southeast of Potomac.

Locality
is an unincorporated community… is situated 3 miles south of Potomac.

Neighborhood
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is a national… is situated 3 miles southeast of Potomac.

Potomac

Latitude
39.0179° or 39° 1′ 5″ north
Longitude
-77.2095° or 77° 12′ 34″ west
Population
45,000
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US PMK
Open location code
87F42Q9R+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157577334
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4366001
Wiki­data ID
Q755844
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Potomac” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوتوماك”
  • Armenian: “Պոտոմակ”
  • Basque: “Potomac”
  • Belarusian: “Патамак”
  • Catalan: “Potomac”
  • Cebuano: “Potomac”
  • Chinese: “波托馬克”
  • Chinese: “波托马克”
  • Czech: “Potomac”
  • Danish: “Potomac”
  • Dutch: “Potomac”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوتوماك”
  • Esperanto: “Potomac”
  • French: “Potomac”
  • German: “Potomac”
  • Gilaki: “پوتوماک (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “پوتوماک”
  • Greek: “Ποτόμακ (Μέριλαντ)”
  • Greek: “Ποτόμακ”
  • Hebrew: “פוטומק”
  • Irish: “Potomac”
  • Italian: “Potomac”
  • Japanese: “ポトマック”
  • Kazakh: “Potomak Xéýts”
  • Kazakh: “Потомак Хэйтс”
  • Kazakh: “پوتوماك حەيتس”
  • Kirghiz: “Потомак Хэйтс”
  • Ladin: “Potomac”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Potomac”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Potomac”
  • Norwegian: “Potomac”
  • Persian: “پتوومک، مریلند”
  • Persian: “پتوومک”
  • Polish: “Potomac”
  • Portuguese: “Potomac”
  • Russian: “Потомак”
  • Scots: “Potomac, Maryland”
  • Scots: “Potomac”
  • Serbian: “Потомак”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Potomac, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Potomac”
  • Slovak: “Potomac”
  • Slovenian: “Potomac”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پوتوماک، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “Potomac”
  • Swedish: “Potomac, Maryland”
  • Swedish: “Potomac”
  • Tatar: “Потомак (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Потомак”
  • Turkish: “Potomac, Maryland”
  • Turkish: “Potomac”
  • Ukrainian: “Потомак”
  • Urdu: “پوٹومیک، میری لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Potomac”
  • Volapük: “Potomac”
  • Welsh: “Potomac”
  • “Potomac”

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