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Although the community that we have come to know as King Farm has only existed for about 10 years now, there has been another kind of King Farm on this property dating back another 70 years, ever since W. Lawton King, in 1925, purchased a piece of farmland owned by the Graff family. When King combined it with three adjacent farms into a larger farm, he called it the Irvington Farm. Just when the farm began to be called the “King Farm” is lost to history. More of the history of the farm can be found on the following web page: Peerless Rockville. Peerless Rockville’s website is also a good place to start if you have an interest in the history of the Rockville area.
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While there have been no major academic studies or critiques of the community as a whole, there was a study concerning the environmental impact of the community on the creek (or stream or brook) called Watts Branch which has its headwaters here in the community and flows to the Potomac River. This interesting study touches on the early give and take between the City, County, and the developer and can be found here.
The community has also received recognition from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency for its use of Smart Growth Principles, especially transportation strategies which were used here. See: Smart Growth.
King Farm Park recently was honored by the Montgomery County Government when it was named as one of three Rockville parks to receive the annual “Keep Montgomery County Beautiful” community award.
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