Silver Spring Wedding

Silver Spring is an urbanized, but unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the United States. After Baltimore, Silver Spring is the second largest place in Maryland.

Silver Spring is a major business hub lying at the apex of Washington, D.C.. As of the 2004 the Central Business District (CBD) holds 7,254,729 square feet of office space, 5216 dwelling units and 17.6 acres of parkland. The a population density is 15,600 per square mile all within 360 acres and approximately 2 square miles in the CBD/downtown area (this does not include areas outside the CBD sharing a Silver Spring address).[1]

The community has recently undergone a significant renaissance with the addition of major retail, residential, and office developments in the area.

Silver Spring takes its name from a mica-flecked spring discovered by Francis Preston Blair, who subsequently bought much of the surrounding land. Acorn Park in the downtown area of Silver Spring is believed to be the site of the original spring.