page_title: Shady Grove, Maryland
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Shady Grove, Maryland / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Construction of the Shady Grove Plaza Shopping Center, as seen from part of Daylily Farm in 1978
context_page_description: Shady Grove is an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of 5,000-7,000, between the cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg, mostly in zip codes 20850 and 20855, though the exact boundaries are not officially defined.
context_section_description: Shady Grove is one of Montgomery County's upper middle class areas. The area is best identified by Shady Grove Road, which is located near exit 8 off of I-270. Other notable places in the area that bear the name are:
  Shady Grove Metrorail station, although it is located in Derwood, Maryland.
  Shady Grove Medical Village and Shady Grove Life Sciences Center
  Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, although it is located in Rockville, Maryland.
  Shady Grove Executive Center
  The Universities at Shady Grove
caption: Shady Grove in 1978
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