Chevy Chase Community Information - Summerlin Real Estates

The Town of Chevy Chase is a self-governing municipality located in Montgomery County, Maryland. The incorporated boundaries of the Town extend to East-West Highway on the north, Connecticut Avenue on the east, Bradley Lane on the south and one block east of Wisconsin Avenue on the west. Today, there are 1,032 homes and approximately 3,000 residents in the Town.

Chevy Chase was unincorporated farmland in the years before 1890, during which time Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada and his partners began the aggressive acquisition of land in northwestern Washington, D.C. and southern Montgomery County. They began a massive development of the land, installing water and sewer system, building roads and a $1.5 million electric railway. The 1920's saw booming growth in the town including infrastructure and the implemntation of a tree planting program. The name "Chevy Chase" was taken from one of the absorbed plots of land. Its name, according to the Village of Chevy Chase's official history, can be traced to the larger tract of land called "Cheivy Chace" that was patented to Colonel Joseph Belt from Lord Baltimore on July 10, 1725.

Primarily a residential suburb, Chevy Chase also is near a popular shopping district, Friendship Heights, featuring several malls and a variety of shops and restaurants.

The town of Chevy Chase sends students to the Montgomery County Public Schools. Residents are zoned to Rosemary Hills Elementary School (PreK-2), Chevy Chase Elementary School (3-6) (in the town of Chevy Chase), Westland Middle School and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.

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