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17 unusual facts about Rockville


Aeras

Aeras has approximately 160 employees, with offices in Rockville, Maryland; Cape Town, South Africa; and Beijing, China.

Charles Ethan Porter

He left Hartford for Rockville in 1889, where he briefly had a studio in the Fitch Block, and later at the remains of a tower on Fox Hill, which a family member owned.

Later, his fortunes declined, possibly because of health issues and certainly because of mounting racism nationwide, and he sold his paintings door-to-door in Rockville, Connecticut, where he died in 1923 in virtual obscurity, around the age of 75.

George G. Wright

He studied law in Rockville, Indiana and was admitted to the bar in 1840, commencing practice in Keosauqua, Iowa Territory (now Keosauqua, Iowa).

J. A. Britton

According to a Historic American Engineering Record record, Britton was born in 1839 near Rockville, Indiana, and built approximately 40 bridges in three Indiana counties: Parke, Putnam, and Vermillion.

Neal Olkewicz

Since retirement, he has owned a vending business in Rockville, Maryland called Olkewicz Vending serving the Washington metropolitan area.

Robert Francis Catterson

After completing his medical studies, Catterson established a medical practice in Rockville, Indiana, just prior to the start of the American Civil War.

Rockville, Connecticut

Bill Romanowski (1966–present) Former NFL Linebacker born in Vernon, CT, and graduated from Rockville High School in 1984

Gene Pitney (1941–2006) Internationally known Singer/Songwriter - Member Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Rockville, Maryland

The REM song "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville", released in 1984, was written by Mike Mills about not wanting his girlfriend to return to Rockville, Maryland.

Rockville, Minnesota

On June 1, 2002, the city of Pleasant Lake and Rockville Township were merged into the city of Rockville.

Rockville, Rhode Island

Rockville is located near the borders of the towns of Exeter, Rhode Island and Voluntown, Connecticut.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana

While driving to a conference on Canon Law in January 1984, Bishop Fulcher died when his car crashed off US-41 at Gobbler's Knob north of Rockville.

The Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation

The brothers were traveling to their parents’ home in Rockville, Maryland, from Houston, Texas.

Thomas McMurtry

Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on 4 June 1935, McMurtry attended elementary school in Rockville, Indiana, and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in June 1957.

Visitation Academy of Frederick

The remaining 3 Visitation Sisters were transferred to the Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary Monte Maria in Rockville, Virginia.

William Valentine Black

William Valentine Black (21 February 1832 – 1 April 1927) was a nineteenth-century Utah pioneer, and one of the early settlers of Manti, Spring City, Rockville, and Deseret, Utah.


Bethesda Magazine

Despite its name, the magazine also covers areas like Chevy Chase, Gaithersburg, Kensington, Potomac, Rockville, and Silver Spring.

Francis Brannigan

As Professor and Director of the Fire Science program at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, he designed a model Fire Science program.

John Webber Crumpacker

His last formal position was as eight years as Director of the Easter Seals Treatment Center in Rockville, MD.

Kosher restaurant

One such instance was a Dunkin' Donuts in Rockville, Maryland (a suburb of Washington, D.C.), which made the decision to be non-kosher in 2007 in order to offer menu items sold at non-kosher Dunkin' Donuts locations (such as ham).

Marshall Bridge

Marshall Covered Bridge, Rockville, Indiana, also known as Marshall Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana

Montgomery Community College

Montgomery College, a two-year college in Rockville, Takoma Park/Silver Spring, and Germantown, Maryland

Needwood

Lake Needwood, 75-acre (300,000 m²) reservoir in Derwood, Maryland just east of Rockville, Montgomery County

North Potomac, Maryland

Cabin John and Robert Frost middle schools feed into Thomas S. Wootton High School in nearby Rockville, Maryland, Herbert Hoover feeds into Churchill High School in nearby Potomac, Maryland, and Jones Lane feeds into Quince Orchard High School.

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital

As part of the Shady Grove Life Sciences Campus, the hospital established a partnership in 2008 with the Universities at Shady Grove and Salisbury University to offer a bachelor's degree in respiratory therapy at the USG campus in Rockville.

South Mountain Railroad

Grading began on the South Mountain Railroad between Rockville and Linglestown, and the corporate enrollment tax was paid for the South Side Railroad in 1873.

Thomas J. Tolan

His most notable work included the courthouses in Van Wert, Ohio, Cambridge, Illinois, Bloomfield, Iowa, and Rockville, Lagrange, and Warsaw, Indiana.

Vernon, Connecticut

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Gene Pitney also grew up in the town, from which he obtained his stage name: "The Rockville Rocket." Charles Ethan Porter (c. 1847-1923), an African American still life painter, moved to the Rockville neighborhood as a child.

WJW

Washington Jewish Week, a weekly newspaper headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, United States