Chevy Chase Village, Maryland

History

Main article: History of Chevy Chase, Maryland

In the 1890s, a real estate syndicate led by Francis G. Newlands bought more than 1,700 acres in upper Northwest D.C. and southern Montgomery County and began to develop a streetcar suburb he dubbed Chevy Chase.

Newlands' Chevy Chase Land Company divided the Maryland land into subdivisions; Sections 1, 1a, and 2 became known as the Village of Chevy Chase. In 1914, Village residents sought and received state sanction as a special taxing area. It was incorporated in 1951.

The village was created to be all-white; it remains overwhelmingly so more than a century later.

Geography

Chevy Chase Village is located along the southern edge of Montgomery County. It is bordered to the southeast by the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, D.C., to the southwest by Friendship Heights Village, to the west by Somerset, to the northwest by the Chevy Chase Club, to the north by the town of Chevy Chase Section Three, and to the northeast by Martin's Additions.

The town has total area of 0.42 sqmi, all land. The town is in the Potomac River watershed, with the west part of the town draining to the Little Falls Branch, and the east part draining to a tributary of Rock Creek.

Demographics

2020 census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,953 people, 697 households, and 609 families living in the town. The population density was 4650.0 PD/sqmi. There were 726 housing units at an average density of 1728.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 95.9% White, 0.6% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the population.

There were 697 households, of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.2% were married couples living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 12.6% were non-families. 11.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 2.99.

The median age in the town was 49.1 years. 26.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 13.5% were from 25 to 44; 36.3% were from 45 to 64; and 20% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,043 people, 704 households, and 601 families living in the town. The population density was 4,943.6 PD/sqmi. There were 718 housing units at an average density of 1,737.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 95.64% White, 0.69% African American, 1.62% Asian, 0.59% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.71% of the population.

There were 704 households, out of which 43.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.5% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.5% were non-families. 12.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.11 people per household.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 14.5% from 25 to 44, 38.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was in excess of $200,000, as is the median income for a family. Males had a median income of over $100,000 versus $76,067 for females. The per capita income for the town was $95,174. About 1.3% of families and 2.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Government

The village is managed by a board of managers, which consists of seven elected officials.

The village has its own police department.

As of 2017, about 46% of the village's revenue came from income taxes, 20% from property taxes, and 24% from citations from speed limit enforcement along Connecticut Avenue, a commuter route that runs through the village.

Transportation

Two state highways run through Chevy Chase Village: Maryland Route 185 (Connecticut Avenue), which extends north past Interstate 495 (the Capital Beltway) and south to Washington, D.C.; and Maryland Route 186 (Brookville Road), a minor local connector that parallels MD 185 to the east.

Education

Chevy Chase Village is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools system.

Residents are zoned to Rosemary Hills Elementary School (PreK-2) (Unincorporated Montgomery County) and Chevy Chase Elementary School (3-6) (in the town of Chevy Chase). Some residents are zoned to Somerset Elementary School (K-5) (in Somerset, Maryland.

All residents are zoned to Westland Middle School and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, located in unincorporated Montgomery County.

Notable people

Current residents

• Ann Brashares - author
• Marvin Kalb - journalist
• Chris Matthews - commentator
• Jerome Powell - chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• John Roberts - Chief Justice of the United States
• George Will - commentator

Former residents

• David Brinkley - journalist
• Sandra Day O'Connor - United States Supreme Court justice; lived in Chevy Chase Village until 2005
• Mark Shields - political columnist

References

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