Vigil

Home setup planning by county

Montgomery County, Maryland

Use county context when keeping a household setup worksheet or checking the correct local jurisdiction for property information. Vigil compatibility is determined by the devices, network and computer in the home, not by the county name.

County FIPS24031Five-digit Census identifier
Population1,074,582July 1, 2025 estimate
Land area493.14 mi²2025 Gazetteer
Population per land mi²2,179.05Calculated from the cited population and land area

Identify the right place

Montgomery County is a county or county equivalent in Maryland. Its five-digit FIPS code is 24031; preserve the leading zero when storing county codes as text. The Gazetteer lists 13.76 square miles of water and a representative point at 39.137381, -77.203063. That point identifies the geography; it is not a street address or a site boundary.

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Home setup planning by county checklist

  1. Inventory the actual devices and network at the property.
  2. Test one room, its manual controls and a complete restart.
  3. Use official local channels for emergency planning; test optional self-monitored alerts separately.

This directory does not establish sensor coverage, professional monitoring or emergency dispatch in any county.

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Sources and interpretation

Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.

Population is an estimate, not a live count. Gazetteer land and water measures describe the geographic area; they do not measure service availability, households, businesses or market demand. Match the FIPS code and source vintage when joining another dataset.

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