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History · Chevy Chase Section Five

Chevy Chase Section Five dates to 1922, and 61% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1900 on and the census since 1990.

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How Chevy Chase Section Five began

When was Chevy Chase Section Five founded?

1922

Chevy Chase Section Five dates its founding to 1922 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1990.

First census: 632 in 19902020 census: 672104 years
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What stands out about Chevy Chase Section Five’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Chevy Chase Section Five are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19006 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1980. Watch Chevy Chase Section Five change.Old housesHalf of Chevy Chase Section Five’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chevy Chase Section Five’s history is told.

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On the map

Chevy Chase Section Five on the map, 1900 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chevy Chase Section Five. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Chevy Chase Section Five on the 1900 USGS mapChevy Chase Section Five on the 1945 USGS mapChevy Chase Section Five on the 1951 USGS mapChevy Chase Section Five on the 1965 USGS mapChevy Chase Section Five on the 1971 USGS mapChevy Chase Section Five on the 1980 USGS map1900Washington sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chevy Chase Section Five.

The story

How Chevy Chase Section Five came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Chevy Chase Section Five.

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In 1922, the Maryland state legislature established the area as a special taxing district called Section Five of the Village of Chevy Chase. State law prohibited "riotous conduct, profanity, [and] vulgar language" within its bounds.

On May 18, 1982, a referendum was held on whether to incorporate as a village. The vote was in favor of incorporation.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Chevy Chase Section Five, census by census

010020030040050060070020002020Peak: 672

Between 632 and 672 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Chevy Chase Section Five’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Chevy Chase Section Five

Nobody well known was born in Chevy Chase Section Five itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Richard SchiffAmerican actor · b. 1955
Nora RobertsAmerican romance writer · b. 1950
Daniel SternAmerican actor, artist, director and screenwrit… · b. 1957
Rian JohnsonAmerican filmmaker · b. 1973
Amina WadudAmerican Islamic scholar · b. 1952
Sean MurrayAmerican actor · b. 1977
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Chevy Chase3 historic placesBMartin's AdditionsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChevy Chase Section ThreeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Chevy Chase Section Five’s history

What year was Chevy Chase Section Five founded?

In 1922, according to Wikidata. the census of 1990 counted 632 people here.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.