Forest Glen is a

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(CDP) in Montgomery County,

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, United States. Its population was 6,897 as of the 2020 census.

Geography

Forest Glen is recognized by the

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as a

, and by the

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as a populated place located at (39.018909, −77.046797).US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990
. ''

''. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011. It is located just north of central Silver Spring which it is a part of, and just north of the

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around

Georgia Avenue Georgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. Within the District of Columbia and a short distance in Silver Spring, Maryland, Georgia Avenue is also U.S. Route 29. Both Howard Univers ...

. According to the

, the place has a total area of , all land, although

Sligo Creek Sligo Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River in Maryland. (The Anacostia, in turn, feeds into the Potomac River and eventually empties into the Atlantic Ocean via Chesapeake Bay.) The creek is approximat ...

and several drainage ponds are located in the area.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 7,344 people, 3,003 households, and 1,792 families residing in the area. The population density was . There were 3,091 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the area was 65.32%

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, 17.46%

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

, 0.41% Native American, 7.76%

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, 0.05%

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, 4.98% from

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, and 4.02% from two or more races.

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of any race constituted 14.26% of the population. There were 3,003 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were

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living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families. Households made up of individuals constituted 33.1%, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.09. In the area, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males. The median income for a household in the area was $59,844, and the median income for a family was $74,607. Males had a median income of $45,613 versus $38,975 for females. The

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for the area was $28,536. 3.8% of the population and 1.4% of families were below the

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. 1.1% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Community

Forest Glen has access to many parks including

Rock Creek Park Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The park was created by an Act of Congress in 1890 and today is administered by the National Park Service. In addition to the park proper, the Rock Cr ...

and

Sligo Creek Park Sligo Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Northwest Branch Anacostia River, Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River in Maryland. (The Anacostia, in turn, feeds into the Potomac River and eventually empties into the Atlantic Ocean via Chesapea ...

. It is also home to the

National Museum of Health and Medicine The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, DC. The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond as the Army Medical Museum (AMM) in 1862; it became the NMHM in ...

and a regional hospital
Holy Cross Hospital
The community is also served by th
Friends of Forest Glen
advocacy group. Forest Glen is also home to th
National Park Seminary
a unique and landmark residential community in an old building complex that served as a prestigious hotel, a girls' school, and as a military building.

History

Forest Glen was once part of a

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made in 1680 to one of

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John Carroll John Carroll may refer to: People Academia and science *Sir John Carroll (astronomer) (1899–1974), British astronomer *John Alexander Carroll (died 2000), American history professor *John Bissell Carroll (1916–2003), American cognitive sci ...

's ancestors.Maryland Writer's Project, Works Project Administration. ''Maryland: A Guide to the Old Line State''. Oxford University Press. August 1940. p. 513.

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, one of the

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, lived in Forest Glen. Carroll's body was buried in

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church St. John the Evangelist Church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette and was the first Catholic Church to be built in Ishpeming, Michigan. History The church was built under the direction of Father Honoratus Bourion, the pastor of ...

Cemetery in Forest Glen. The church building was originally built as a wood-framed structure in 1774. It was replaced by a brick structure in 1894. The Forest Estates neighborhood of Forest Glen was developed in the 1940s by Jewish real estate developers. The area was formerly rural. Forest Estates was desirable to white Jewish homeowners moving to the suburbs from the city, because some white Christian neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. used antisemitic and racist covenants in real estate to exclude Jews, as well as African-Americans and other people of color. Antisemitic covenants were not used in Forest Estates, however, some Jewish developers used anti-Black covenants to exclude African-Americans. In 1945, Forest Glen Homes purchased land formerly owned by the Getty family, who had farmed the land since 1883. The houses in Forest Estates began construction in 1947. The Forest Glen Homes real estate company included Leo Minskoff, Sadie Milestone, Philip Milestone, and several others. Other builders in Forest Glen included the Russian immigrant Nathan Brisker and the Italian immigrant Anthony Campitelli.

Forest Glen station Forest Glen is a side platformed Washington Metro station in Forest Glen, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on September 22, 1990, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Its opening coin ...

was originally planned to be built above-ground, which would have required the demolition of about fifteen homes. After community opposition to the above-ground station, Montgomery County approved a modified plan for an underground station. The community also opposed the originally planned location for the station, on the east side of Georgia Avenue between Sherwood Road and Tilton Drive.Eisen, Jack (April 14, 1975). "Public Hearings Set On Metro Stop Shift In Montgomery County". ''The Washington Post''. p. C3. The station opened on September 22, 1990.Fehr, Stephen C. (September 16, 1990). "Wheaton, Forest Glen To Climb Aboard Metro: New Stations to Extend Red Line 3.2 Miles". ''The Washington Post''. p. D1.Fehr, Stephen C. (September 23, 1990). "Metro Adds 2 Stations To System: Wheaton, Forest Glen Open for Thousands". ''The Washington Post''. p. D4. Forest Glen station is below ground, the deepest train station in the Metrorail system. Forest Glen has been the subject of redevelopment for many years. In 2017, Montgomery County Park and Planning Commission began the consolidate
Forest Glen/Montgomery Hills
sector plan review. In 2018,

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announced that it would do a feasibility study on the redevelopment of the parking lot of Forest Glen station. In December 2021, dozens of

antisemitic Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

fliers were posted in the Forest Estates neighborhood of Forest Glen. The fliers contained a conspiracy theory blaming Jews for the COVID-19 pandemic and promoted an antisemitic website that advocates Holocaust denial and supports Adolph Hitler.

References

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