On May 16, 1992, the residents of Laytonsville celebrated 100 years of incorporation with a parade, a school festival, a pork and beef roast, home tours, and square dancing—and centennial coins to commemorate it all. This pleasant occasion followed a similar one on June 5, 1982, when the townspeople and their friends showed their affection for the town with a parade, a country fair, a quilt presentation, a flower show, and other features.

In 1762, James Brooke was granted the land on which the town was developed. The rolling acres, the rich soil, and the moderate climate brought farmers to purchase the land and storekeepers to meet their needs. Useful to the citizens was their location at the crossing of roads leading to Olney, Gaithersburg, Damascus, and Germantown. But the roads were six to eight miles long and unpaved. To compensate, the Laytonsville residents developed their own general stores where food, clothing, tools, and even medicines were available. Cattle, sheep, and hogs were raised for family use and for sale. Application of Peruvian guano saved the soil; wheat became a preferred crop.

Following the Civil War, Laytonsville became a busier place. More blacksmith shops and stores were built, and the coming of the railroad to Gaithersburg made Washington, D. C., more reachable. When land west of the main route through town became available, houses and stores were built there. The town covered one square mile when it was incorporated in 1892; three town commissioners comprised the governing body. In the late 1950s, the town government was changed to a mayor-and-council form.

Laytonsville has extended its borders once since 1892 so that at the end of the 20th century it covered 614 acres. In 1989, the mayor and council approved a Comprehensive Plan that specified an effective road system for the future and defined an Historic District in the residential and commercial zones.

Adjacent to the town’s shopping center are the Laytonsville Fire Department and Laytonsville Elementary School. Plant nurseries, Montgomery Country Club, and the Laytonsville Public Golf Course are among the commercial and recreational facilities that lie just outside the town.