Discovery is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Frederick County,

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, United States. Discovery is located along

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near the southern border of Walkersville. Prior to 2010, the community was part of the Discovery-Spring Garden

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References

Unincorporated communities in Frederick County, Maryland Unincorporated communities in Maryland {{FrederickCountyMD-geo-stub