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

The community had its own post office, general store, school, town hall, church, and a few homes.

[9] The United States Geological Survey lists six features in Montgomery County with Travilah in all or part of their name.

[11][12] As examples, Greenbrier Park, the Glenstone Museum, and Pennyfield Lock all have Potomac ZIP Codes of 20854 and are in the Travilah CDP.

[16][17] The Piney Branch flows on the east edge of the CDP forming part of the eastern border.

[19] There are four distinct seasons, with winters being cold with moderate snowfall, while summers can be warm and humid.

[22] The latest census data for 2018 show a Travilah population of 11,633 with a median household income of $235,669 and a poverty rate of 1.6 percent.

[29] In 2019, Bloomberg News listed Potomac and Travilah among the top 50 wealthiest places in America.

[Note 3] Much of Travilah's wealth has been attributed to "high-paying government and contracting jobs in and around the nation's capital".

[36] The Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, and Waste Management Services category accounts for about 25 percent of employees, while the Educational Services, and Healthcare and Social Assistance category accounts for about 21 percent of employees.

Depending on the location in the Travilah CDP, public high school students attend Winston Churchill, Thomas S. Wootton, or Northwest.

[55] Area residents have cited the Wootton school cluster as a factor in their home buying decision.

[56] In 2019, U.S. News & World Report ranked Wootton High School 2nd highest in Maryland and 125th in the nation.

[58][59] A small area in the Travilah CDP that is in the Wootton district attends Stone Mill Elementary and Cabin John Middle School.

[62][63][64] Northwest High School is a "county powerhouse" in football, winning state championships in 2013 and 2014.

The Universities at Shady Grove is located close to the Travilah CDP and uses a Rockville address.

Three Montgomery College campuses and online classes serve about 54,000 students who can earn an associate degree or advance their education.

[79] A small unnamed agricultural community grew at this intersection in the mid-1800s because it was less than 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (a.k.a.

[84] A small corner shopping center, built in 1979, is located at the Travilah Road-Glen Road intersection.

[84][95] The Harrison and Ada Ward Farm was built around 1885, and prospered in part because it was located not far from the Pennyfield Lock on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on what is now Travilah Road.

[101][102] The farm's bright red bank barn, which has exceptional architectural detail, is located right next to the road.

[104][Note 11] John L. DuFief built a mill around 1850 on the Muddy Branch, and it had a road that connected to the Pennyfield Lock.

[Note 12] The small community of Travilah thrived because of its crossroads location and proximity to the canal.

[79] The canal was completed as far north as Cumberland, Maryland, by 1850 (and never did reach the Ohio River), and one fourth of its 185 miles (298 km) are in Montgomery County.

[104] By 1859, about 83 barges per week were using the canal to transport coal, grain, flour, and farm products to Washington and Georgetown.

His father (John) had helped with the canal construction, and his grandson (Fred) has lived in the house and operated an onsite concession stand into the 21st century.

The crossroads was once the community of Travilah, and consisted of a general store, a town hall, a few homes, and a church.

The corporation formed to construct the building defaulted on its mortgage in 1918, and it became privately owned although it continued to be used for community purposes.

[113][114][115] In addition to its highly rated schools, proximity to desirable workplaces, tranquility, and history, it has numerous parks and a museum.

[128] The county has Canada geese, hawks, owls, woodpeckers, blue jays, crows, and other birds that stay year-round.