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It's not surprising that Germantown was first settled in by Germans in the 1870s. Major employers and corporations are the Department of Energy's Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Sherman Fairchild Technology Center as well as numerous high-tech companies. Read More

Camp Springs is a suburb located along Route 5 and the Capital Beltway. To the north are Hillcrest Heights, Suitland and Forestville. To the south and east is the Andrews Air Force Base. In the 1850s, a small church near Camp Springs was used as a sleeping quarter for Union troops. The area grew and became a base during the Civil War. This base called Camp Springs Army Air Field was later renamed as the Andrews Air Force Base. Read More

Geographically, Frederick, MD lies southeast of Hagerstown, on the Monacacy Valley on Carroll Creek.  Frederick was a processing center of numerous goods and equipment and thus a rendezvous point for soldiers during the Civil War.

The city was known for Fort Detrick's Biological Warfare Laboratory during World War II. In the 1970s, warfare research was later stopped and it is today a cancer research facility. Read More