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Potomac is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

The name "Potomac" is from an Algonkian language and is translated as "where something is brought."

In 1716, the Canaze Indian nation built a trail called the Tehogee Indian Trail which is still the route of River Road today. Several years later, the first farmers arrived. In 1829, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was completed in an area that had become known as Offutts Crossroads. The cornerstone was laid there and the name was changed to Potomac, in honor of the river that passes by the town.

Potomac is often cited as the inspiration for the television show Beverly Hills 90210, a show created by Darren Star, a graduate of Potomac's Winston Churchill High School.

As an unincorporated area, Potomac's boundaries are not officially defined. Potomac is, however, recognized by the United States Census Bureau as a Census-designated Place, and by the United States Geological Survey as a populated place located at 39122N, 771111W (39.022694, -77.186423)GR1. Residents of the area generally equate it with Zip Code 20854.