Community Profile

Summary

Poolesville is located in the northwestern portion of Montgomery County, Maryland, approximately 5 miles from the Potomac River. It is surrounded by the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve, an area of 93,000 acres created to preserve farm land and rural space. The town was settled in 1760 when brothers John and Joseph Poole, Sr. purchased 160 acres in the area that is now the town of Poolesville. The town was incorporated in 1867. The only operating car ferry on the Potomac River, the General Jubal A. Early, is located at Whites Ferry, a short distance from Poolesville, where it has been transporting vehicles and passengers across the river since the late 1860s. The Community Wildlife Habitat Certification project is part of the town’s continuing efforts at sustainability, and is managed by volunteers with the Sustainable Poolesville Committee. The mission of the Sustainable Poolesville Committee is to create awareness of stewardship and sustainability issues, identify opportunities for the Town to cost effectively reduce its environmental impact, and facilitate initiatives to capture these opportunities. Poolesville became a certified sustainable community in 2014.