Gaithersburg, MD news and local guide

The Forest Oak Post Office, named for a large tree, opened in Gaither's store in 1851. On July 10, 1864, more than 10,000 Confederate troops camped overnight in the area, including today's Bohrer Park, after marching a day from Frederick following the Battle of Monocacy, and the next day they moved on in an unsuccessful attempt to take Washington. When the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad came through in 1873, its station, designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin as one of his well-known Victorian stations in Maryland, was named Gaithersburg, the first official use of the name. Rapid growth followed, the town was incorporated on April 5, 1878, and it boomed in the late 19th century with new churches and schools. Sources Wikipedia: Gaithersburg, Maryland