Wheaton

Wheaton is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, . It is a suburb of Washington D.C.
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  • Type: Town with 52,200 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “Mitchell’s Crossroads”, “Mitchells Cross Roads”, “Wheaton, Maryland”, and “Wheaton, MD”
  • Neighbors: and
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Washington D.C. Temple and Kensington station.

Church
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The is the 16th operating temple of . Located in , near , and the Capital Beltway, it became the church's first temple east of the since the original Nauvoo Temple, completed in 1846.

Railway station
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Kensington is a passenger railroad station at 10417 Howard Avenue in , , United States. Opened by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1891, the is today served by MARC Train's Brunswick Line, which makes 15 weekday scheduled stops at Kensington, plus one flag stop on Fridays.

Park
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is a 54-acre public display garden located in , at 1800 Glenallan Avenue, . The gardens feature two conservatories and a variety of distinct garden areas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kensington and Glenmont.

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is a suburb of in the of with a population of about 2,100 people in 2020. The main reasons to visit are antique shopping at Antique Row, to see the enormous Mormon Temple, and one great pizza place.

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is an unincorporated community in , . It is a suburb of Washington D.C.

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is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, . It is considered to be an "edge city". It sits next door to Washington, DC, and had about 82,000 residents in 2018.

Wheaton

Latitude
39.0398° or 39° 2′ 23″ north
Longitude
-77.0553° or 77° 3′ 19″ west
Population
52,200
Elevation
466 feet (142 metres)
Open location code
87F42WQV+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157633230
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4373349
Wiki­data ID
Q7991947
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Wheaton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويتون”
  • Basque: “Wheaton”
  • Cebuano: “Wheaton”
  • Chinese: “惠頓”
  • Czech: “Wheaton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويتون, ماريلاند”
  • French: “Wheaton”
  • German: “Wheaton”
  • Gilaki: “ویتؤن (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “ویتؤن”
  • Irish: “Wheaton”
  • Italian: “Wheaton”
  • Japanese: “ホイートン (メリーランド州)”
  • Ladin: “Wheaton”
  • Persian: “ویتون، مریلند”
  • Persian: “ویتون”
  • Polish: “Wheaton”
  • Russian: “Уитон”
  • Serbian: “Витон (Мериленд)”
  • Serbian: “Витон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wheaton, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wheaton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویتون، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “Wheaton (Maryland)”
  • Spanish: “Wheaton”
  • Tatar: “Витон (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Витон”
  • Ukrainian: “Вітон”
  • Urdu: “ویٹن، میری لینڈ”

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