181 parcels off River Road with a median lot of 2.02 acres, platted in 1965 and built out mainly between 1980 and 1990, on public water and public sewer.
Falconhurst is a near-uniform expression of the Potomac two-acre pattern. The subdivision holds 181 parcels with a median lot of 2.02 acres, so the land under one house is close to the land under the next, and price differences between sales tend to be about the house rather than the ground. Its plat is 1965, but its houses are largely a 1980s build, and it carries one utility characteristic that separates it from most two-acre land in Potomac.
The first Falconhurst plat was recorded on November 12, 1965 by B.H.J.K. Corporation. The houses did not follow quickly. Build-out plats run from 1980 to 1990 under the names Crowell and Baker and Berry-Kentsdale, and of the 174 houses with a recorded build date, 125 are from the 1980s. The median year built is 1988. Exteriors run brick first and frame second. The combination — street trees and lot geometry laid down in the mid-1960s, houses from two decades later — is what a buyer notices on a first drive through: a canopy older than the construction it shades.
Falconhurst is zoned RE-2, whose minimum lot area is two acres, and its median parcel is 2.02 acres with very little spread around that figure. On a lot that size the RE-2 lot coverage cap — 25 percent under the standard method as of August 2026 — is rarely the number that stops an addition. Setbacks, the existing canopy and Chapter 22A forest conservation review usually bind first, and a project that requires a sediment control permit on a tract of 40,000 square feet or more can pull forest conservation review in on its own. Take the current standards from Chapter 59 or confirm them with Montgomery Planning before designing.
The subdivision drains entirely to Cabin John Creek and is served by public water and public sewer. Two-acre parcels in Potomac frequently sit in sewer service category S-6, meaning no community system is planned within the county plan's ten-year scope, so the house runs on a well and a septic field. Falconhurst does not carry that constraint. Practically, that removes the Department of Permitting Services water table testing season from a timeline — as of August 2026 the 2026 wet season closed without opening, because water table levels were insufficient — and removes the sewer category question from any addition or subdivision analysis. Confirm the categories for a specific parcel with the Department of Environmental Protection.
No homeowners association is registered over Falconhurst. The Newbridge Citizens Association covers roughly 60 percent of the subdivision, and a citizens association is a voluntary civic body rather than a covenant-enforcing HOA: no mandatory assessment, no architectural review committee, no resale package. The streets are Bentcross, Newbridge, Sorrel, Kentsdale and Belle Terre, off River Road. Ask specifically which body, if any, applies to the address you are buying, and whether a private road or driveway maintenance agreement runs with the deed. School assignment is not uniform across this part of Potomac, so confirm the schools for a specific address with Montgomery County Public Schools rather than working from a neighboring listing.
Falconhurst sits within Potomac — that guide covers the zoning, permitting and site constraints that apply across the wider area.
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