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Wheaton is an unincorporated but urbanized area in Montgomery County, Maryland , USA , north of Washington, D.C. , northwest of Silver Spring . Wheaton takes its name from Frank Wheaton, a major-general in the Union Army during the Civil War . As an unincorporated area, Wheaton's boundaries are not officially defined. The United States Census Bureau has not chosen to make Wheaton itself into a Census-Designated Place , but instead combines it with Glenmont into a single Wheaton-Glenmont CDP, centered at , whose 2000 Census population was 57,694. According to Rand McNally , the Greater Wheaton area (''which extends beyond Wheaton-Glenmont CDP '') had an estimated population of 134,800 in 2005 . The United States Geological Survey , however, does consider Wheaton as a place whose center is at latitude . The United States Postal Service does not consider Wheaton as a place on its own but treats it as a part of the Silver Spring area; however, it does have a separate ZIP Code : 20902. Other organizations may use their own definitions. Wheaton is home to the Wheaton Regional Park, which includes a nature center; riding stables; a picnic area with Carousel and miniature train; an athletic complex with tennis bubble, ice rink, in-line skating rink, and ball fields; and Brookside Gardens, Montgomery County's award-winning 50-acre (200,000-m&2) Public Display Garden . It is served by the Wheaton stop on the Red Line of the Washington Metro system. The Wheaton Metro station has the Longest Escalator in the Western Hemisphere. EXTERNAL LINKS
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