Gaithersburg travel guide

Gaithersburg is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland. As of 2005, the city had an estimated total population of 57,698, making it the fourth largest in the state behind Baltimore, Rockville, and Frederick. This city is located at 39°8' North, 77°13' West, to the northwest of Rockville, the county seat of Montgomery County. Gaithersburg was incorporated in 1878.
Gaithersburg is urbanistically diverse, encompassing a historic Old Town, multiple new urban communities, high-rise apartments, and many suburban subdivisions.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is headquartered in Gaithersburg. Other major employers in the city include IBM, ACE*COMM, Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services business area headquarters, MedImmune (recently purchased by AstraZeneca), and Sodexho. (...) more....