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Bethesda is an urbanized, but unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, near Washington, DC. It takes its name from a church once located there, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church (built 1820), which in turn was named from a passage in the Christian New Testament.
As an unincorporated area, Bethesda has no official boundaries, but various areas are considered to constitute Bethesda. The United States Census Bureau defines a Census-Designated Place named Bethesda whose center is located at 38°59' North, 77°7' West. The United States Geological Survey has defined Bethesda as an area whose center is at 38°58'50" North, 77°6'2" West, slightly different from the Census Bureau's definition. Other definitions are used by the Bethesda Urban Planning District and other organizations. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 55,277.
The important institutions located there include the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. Bethseda also has the headquarters of Lockheed Martin Corporation. A computer software company, Bethesda Softworks, takes its name from Bethesda, having been founded there. Bethesda is also home to the National Naval Medical Center, commonly referred to as Bethesda Naval Hospital, where many famous Americans such as Joseph McCarthy passed away and the infamous John F. Kennedy autopsy was performed. Adjoining the hosptial to the east is the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS (http://www.usuhs.mil/)). Bethesda is the hometown of Brad Record and David Petersen.
Bethesda is located at 38°59'5" North, 77°6'47" West (38.984660, -77.113135).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 34.2 km² (13.2 mi²). 34.0 km² (13.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.38% water.
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