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