1689
Joseph’s Park created, Land Patent
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1873
B & O Railroad line traverses Knowles farmland; Knowles Station railroad stop established
1880
Fawcett dry goods store, post office open; area population: 75
1886
St. Paul’s Methodist Church, first church in Knowles Station, is established
1890
Several hundred residents, ten subdivisions, Kensington Grammar School opens
1891
B & O Train Station built
1892
Ken-Gar established, Warner mansion built
1893
Noyes Library opens; new railroad station built; Knowles Station stop renamed as “Kensington”
1894
Fire service organized; Town of Kensington incorporated
1895
Montgomery Press established; Chevy Chase Lake & Kensington Railway(trolley line) begins operations
1898
Town adds brick sidewalks along streets
1908
Kensington Bank built
1910
Telephone and Electric Service available
1914
Town installs water system, adds fire hydrants
1915
Town sewage system installed
1916
McKeevers Bakery and Ice Cream Factory opens
1925
Fire Department chartered
1927
National Guard Armory built
1930
Roads paved with asphalt
1933
Trolley discontinued
1936
Population 1012
1938
Railroad bridge built to extend Lincoln Avenue (now Connecticut Avenue) north
1946
Fire station opens on Connecticut Avenue
1946
Population 1500+
1950
Commercial area develops in vicinity of fire station; town population: 1,611
1952
Connecticut Avenue bridge widened
1952-1964
Commercial area on Metropolitan Avenue develops
1954-1959
Commercial area at Connecticut and Knowles Avenues develops
1960’s
Howard Avenue’s Antique Village evolves
1965
Office building at 10400 Connecticut Avenue built
1972
Noyes Library becomes a children’s library
1976
Kensington purchases Armory building for use as Town Hall
1977
Kensington Historical Society formed
1980
Office building at 10401 Connecticut Avenue built; Kensington Historic District established, placed on the National Register of Historic Places
1982
Kensington Elementary School closed
1986
Historic District placed on Montgomery County Master Plan for Historic Preservation
1992
Kensington Land Trust established
2000
Population 1873
2001
Metropolitan Avenue Concrete Plant closed
2002
Town and State Highway Administration revitalize Metropolitan Avenue
2003
Town and Montgomery County initiative to revitalize east Howard Avenue
2007
Montgomery County completes purchase of the Warner Circle property through Legacy Open Space program
2008
Safeway store rebuilt on enlarged Connecticut Avenue site
2010
Population: approximately 2100
2012
Updated Kensington Vicinity Sector Plan adopted