District Forestry Board
Walter B. Harris, Chairperson, 1986; Simms
Jacquette, 1985; John K. Bergen, 1986;
James Gatto, 1987.

Public Landings and Facilities Board
Carter G. Stanton, Director

Sanitary Commission
Medford C. Capel, Chairperson, 1987;
Donald G. Crowding, 1985; Frank R.
Dierker, 1985; Louise Price, 1986; W. Ray-
mond Spencer, 1988.

Board of Electrical Examiners
Carl A. Gustafson, Sr., Chairperson, 1985;
Gary B. Fellows, 1986; John "Budd"
Nicholson, 1986; Ruth Smith Edwards, 1987;
Wayne Pinder, 1987.

Plumbing Board
C. Albert Raleigh, Chairperson. 1985; S.
Wickes Westcott, 1986; Joseph Trew, Jr.,
1987; Theodore Redman, 1988; John A.
Groves, 1989.

Plumbing Inspector
Charles E. Boulter

Roads Engineer
E. Nick Kirsch

District Engineer
James M. Wright

Public Drainage Association
William S. Sutton, Chairperson

Alcoholic Beverages

Board of Liquor License Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners, ex officio

Liquor Inspector
Donald L. Unruh

Liquor Control Board
Board of County Commissioners, ex officio

Tidewater Affairs

Oystermen's Tongers Advisory Committee
Charles F. dark, Jr., Chairperson; Fitzgerald
Creighton; John C. Edwards; W. Edward
Kulley III; Charles D. Startt.

Extension and Soil Conservation Services

Extension Agents
W. James Milliken, County Director; Eina
Butterfield; John E. Hall; one vacancy.

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Soil Conservation District Supervisors
William S. Sutton (County appointee), Chair-
person; Charles S. Jacquette, 1985; S. Wickes
Westcott, 1986; Walter B. Harris, Jr., 1987;
J. Wesley Kimble, 1989; W. James Milliken,
Extension Agent, Secretary (non-voting).
Ralph A. Timmons, District Conservationist;
Beth Horsey, District Manager.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

County Seat: Rockville 20850

Origin: Created from Frederick County by resolve
of the Constitutional Convention of 1776.

Name: Named for Revolutionary War General
Richard Montgomery (1738-1775).

Form of Government: Charter (1948)

County Code: See Montgomery County Code, 1972
with supplements.

Area: 505.58 sq. miles (495.44 land, 10.14 water)

Population. 1900: 30,451; 1950: 164,401; 1960:
340,928; 1970: 522,809; 1980: 579,053

Principal Incorporated Places (1980 Census):
Rockville (43,811), Gaithersburg (26,424),
Takoma Park (11,331)

Principal Unincorporated Places (1980 census):
Bethesda (62,736), Wheaton-Glenmont (48,598),
Aspen Hill (47,445)

Voter Registration, Oct. 8, 1984. Democrat:
208,349; Republican: 113,203; Other Parties:
119; Decline to Affiliate: 50,373; Total: 372,044.

Per Capita Income (1980): $13,541

State Parks: Patuxent River (6,377 acres), Seneca
Creek (5,154 acres)

Colleges/Universities: Capital Institute of
Technology, Kensington; Columbia Union
College, Takoma Park; Maryland College of Art
and Design, Silver Spring; Montgomery College,
Rockville, Germantown, and Takoma Park;
Washington Theological Union, Silver Spring

Museums/Historical Societies: Montgomery
County Historical Society, 103 W. Montgomery
Ave., Rockville 20850; Academy of
International Military History and International
Military Archives, Box 30051, Bethesda 20014,
American Canal Society, Glen Echo 20768;
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Association, Glen