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8 unusual facts about Sandy Spring


Ashton-Sandy Spring, Maryland

The CDP is designated to include the two unincorporated communities of Ashton and Sandy Spring.

Ashton, Maryland

The United States Census Bureau combines Ashton with the nearby community of Sandy Spring to form the census-designated place of Ashton-Sandy Spring, and all census data are tabulated for this combined entity.

Burtonsville, Maryland

The community itself grew around the intersection of Old Columbia Pike and the road to Sandy Spring.

Dean Acheson

At 6:00 p.m. on October 12, 1971, Acheson died of a massive stroke, at his farm home in Sandy Spring, Maryland, at the age of 78.

Rachel Carson Greenway

The Rachel Carson Greenway would include a set of three existing trails, including the Northwest Branch trail in Silver Spring, Woodlawn Manor trails in Sandy Spring and Rachel Carson Conservation Park trails near Laytonsville.

Richie Anderson

Anderson played high school football at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland.

Sandy Spring, Maryland

The United States Census Bureau combines Sandy Spring with the nearby community of Ashton to form the census-designated place of Ashton-Sandy Spring, and all census data are tabulated for this combined entity.

Scott Van Pelt

He graduated from Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland, and enrolled at the University of Maryland where he studied radio/television and film.


Herman L. Taylor, Jr.

District 14 includes parts of Silver Spring, Calverton, Colesville, Cloverly, Fairland, Burtonsville, Olney, Brookeville, Laytonsville, Damascus, Ashton and Sandy Spring in Montgomery County.


see also

Maryland Route 108

MD 108 veers northeast, drops to two lanes, and passes through the historic community of Sandy Spring, which is named for the nearby Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse.

Thornton Friends School

In 1972, Peter and Nancy Kline, both faculty members at Sandy Spring Friends School in Sandy Spring, MD approached their headmaster C. Thornton “Thorny” Brown, and asked permission to