The following is a timeline of the history of the unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) of McLean, Virginia, USA.^[1]

Prior to 20th century

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c. 1400 - Land inhabited by indigenous peoples, likely the Doeg people.^[2]^[3]
1608 - Expedition of region by Captain John Smith.^[4]
c. 1750s - Area surveyed by George Washington^[5]^[6]
c. 1790 - Construction of the Salona plantation by Richard Bland Lee^[7]
1814 - U.S. President James Madison and Dolley Madison seek refuge at Salona during the Burning of Washington in August 1814.^[8]
1826 - Duel between Henry Clay and John Randolph fought in McLean.^[9]
1861 - Union Army establishes Camp Griffin in the area during the Civil War.^[8]
1862 - Union Army establishes Fort Marcy in the area during the Civil War.^[10]
c. 1870 - Construction of the Hickory Hill estate by George Walter.^[11]
1877 - St. John’s Episcopal Church built in McLean.^[12]

20th century

1902 - John Roll McLean, Stephen Benton Elkins and Jean-Pierre Guenard purchase a charter for the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad.^[13]
1906 - McLean railroad completed, connecting the area with Washington, D.C.^[14]
1910 - Community of McLean established, when the communities of Lewinsville and Langley merge.^[13]
1911 - McLean Post Office opens.^[15]
1914 - The Franklin Sherman School, Fairfax County's first consolidated public school, opens in McLean with 29 students.
1916 - Meetings held to establish the McLean Volunteer Fire Department.^[12]
1919 - Merrywood estate built in McLean.^[16]
1921 - Sharon Masonic Temple built in McLean.^[12]
1923 - McLean Baptist Church opens in McLean.^[12]
1931 - Madeira School moves to McLean.^[17]
1933 - Farm Credit Administration established^[18] - headquartered in McLean.
1948 - Potomac School moves to McLean.^[19]
1950 - U.S. Department of Transportation Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center opens in McLean.^[20]
1952 - Marden House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in McLean.^[21]
1955 - Opening of McLean High School^[22]
1955 - Hickory Hill estate purchased by John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline.^[11]
1957 - Dolley Madison Library opens in McLean.^[23]
1958 - The Washington Japanese Language School, a supplementary weekend Japanese school, is established in McLean - the oldest Japanese government-sponsored supplementary school in the U.S.^[24]^[25]^[26]
1961 - The George Bush Center for Intelligence headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency opens in McLean (formally unnamed, renamed in 1999)^[27]
1965 - Opening of Langley High School^[28]
1968 - Opening of Tysons Corner Center, one of the first fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping malls in the Washington metropolitan area.^[29]
1970 - Population: 17,698^[30]
1970 - Opening of Scott's Run Nature Preserve.^[31]^[32]
1973 - Opening of Claude Moore Colonial Farm.^[33]
1984 - Mars, Incorporated establishes its headquarters in McLean.^[34]
1980 - Population: 35,664^[30]
1988 - Opening of Tysons Galleria^[35]^[36]

21st century

2000 - Population: 38,929^[30]
2000 - Geebo founded in McLean^[37]
2001 - First Apple Store in the world opens in McLean.^[38]
2001 - USA Today moves its main headquarters to McLean.^[39]
2004 - Headquarters of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence opens in McLean.^[40]
2005 - The Girls' All-Star Softball Team from McLean Little League win the Little League Softball World Series Championship.^[41]
2009 - Hilton Hotels & Resorts relocated its global headquarters to McLean.^[42]
2012 - First Spanx store in the world opens in McLean.^[43]
2014 - McLean Station Washington Metro station begins operation^[44]
2018 - Identified in American Community Survey as the third wealthiest place in the United States, based on median household income of $190,258 and 2.6% poverty rate.^[45]
2020 - Population: 50,773^[30]
2021 - McLean is home to the nation’s 12th largest business district in the United States.^[46]

References

^ "FCPL Curated Content: Fairfax County History: McLean History Portal". research.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Ferguson, p. 11, refers to Robert L. Stephenson, The Prehistoric People of Accokeek Creek
^ Rountree, Helen C. (January 1996). Pocahontas's people: the Powhatan Indians of Virginia through four centuries. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2849-8. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
^ Swanton, John R. (1952), The Indian Tribes of North America, Smithsonian Institution, pp. 67–69, ISBN 978-0-8063-1730-4, OCLC 52230544
^ "Merrywood - HouseHistree". househistree.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ "Washington as Public Land Surveyor | George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker | Articles and Essays | George Washington Papers | Digital Collections | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ McLean's Salona Offered for Sale - News - Great Falls Connection - Connection Newspapers Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2008-01-05.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Klotter, James C. (2018). Henry Clay: The Man Who Would Be President. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190498047.
^ Cooling III, Benjamin Franklin; Owen II, Walton H. (6 October 2009). Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington. Scarecrow Press. pp. 123–128. ISBN 978-0-8108-6307-1.
^ ^a ^b "Langley Fork Historic District 1982 Final Nomination" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Origins of McLean, Virginia". www.connectionnewspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ ^a ^b Guillaudeu, David A.; Mccray, Paul E. (2013). Washington & Old Dominion Railroad. Arcadia Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7385-9792-8.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Along the 0. D. Railroad". The Washington Post. July 7, 1920.
^ "FCPL Curated Content: Fairfax County History: Timeline of Fairfax County History". research.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Hughes, Tyler (29 November 2013). "The Gilded Age Era: Merrywood". thegildedageera.blogspot.com. The Gilded Age Era. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ "The Madeira School". Retrieved August 10, 2010.
^ "1933 - March 27: President Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6084 creating the Farm Credit Administration, to be effective in 60 days". Farm Credit Archive. Farm Credit System. Archived from the original on 2011-11-06.
^ "100-plus Years". The Potomac School.
^ Federal Highway Administration (February 2009). "Welcome to the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (brochure, FHWA-HRT-08-066)". Retrieved 2013-01-14.
^ "Luis Marden House". 2007-11-12. Archived from the original on 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Smith, Marie D. (September 27, 1955). "'Community Spirit' Guides McLean High". The Washington Post and Times-Herald.
^ "Dolley Madison Library | Library". www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ "ワシントン日本語学校概要". Washington Japanese Language School. May 6, 2003. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. "学校事務局 Washington Japanese Language School Holy Cross Church, Quinn Hall内. 4900 Strathmore Avenue, Garrett Park, MD 20896" and "ホーリークロス校 Holy Cross Church Elementary School 4900 Strathmore Ave, Garret Park, MD 20896" and "プレプ校 Georgetown Preparatory School 10900 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD 20852" and "セントルーク校 St.Luke Catholic School 7005 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101"
^ "English Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine." Washington Japanese Language School. Retrieved on April 30, 2014. "Washington Japanese Language School c/o Holy Cross Church, Quinn Hall, 4900 Strathmore Avenue, Garrett Park, MD 20896"
^ "Andrew M. Saidel" (Archived 2015-04-15 at the Wayback Machine). Japan-America Society of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP; フィラデルフィア日米協会とは). Retrieved on April 16, 2015.
^ "George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence". House of Representatives: Congressional Record. 3 August 1998.
^ "Langley High School – FCPS". Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
^ "Fairfax County's first billion dollar property: Tysons Corner Center". American City Business Journals.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Decennial Census
^ Smith, Marty. "Scott's Run Nature Preserve". Fairfax County. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^ "Park Authority Joins Community Activists in Burling Celebration" (PDF). Fairfax County Park Authority. June 25, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^ "Claude Moore farm area at Turkey Run Park". September 20, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
^ Van Zandt, Emily (February 28, 2018). "A rare look inside Mars Inc.'s McLean headquarters". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ Richardson, Lynda (1988-09-02). "Macy'S And A Cast Of Hundreds". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
^ Margaret Webb Pressler (May 15, 1995). "The Galleria: Upscale and Onward". The Washington Post.
^ "Geebo.com Free Classifieds Ads: Jobs, Apartments, Homes for Sale, New/Used Cars & More at Geebo". geebo.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Keith Wagstaff (10 November 2011). "Check Out Every Apple Store Ever Opened, in Order". Time. TIME Inc. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^ "USA TODAY Media Kit :: Press Room :: Press Kit :: Timeline". USA Today. Gannett.
^ "Public Affairs Office, ODNI". Office of the Director of National Intelligence. ODNI. Archived from the original on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^ "2005 Softball World Series | McLean Little League". mcleanll.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ "Company Overview of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc". investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
^ Jackman, Tom. "Spanx now have their own store in Tysons Corner". The Washington Post.
^ "Completion date on Silver Line pushed back again". WTOP. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
^ "The 10 wealthiest cities in the United States". Fox 2 News. 11 January 2018.
^ "McLean District". www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

McLean, Virginia

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Fairfax County Public Schools Langley High School McLean High School Madeira School Oakcrest School Potomac School
Other education	Fairfax County Public Library

Landmarks

This list is incomplete.

Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References