Quince Orchard is located south of Kentlands, right on the western city limits of Gaithersburg.

[2] McDonald Chapel, now called Pleasant View Church, was dedicated in 1903.

[3][4] In 1984, the Montgomery County Council voted to build Quince Orchard High School in order to reduce crowding at Gaithersburg High School, and it allocated $20 million for its construction in 1984.

[8] In 1987, a group of parents asked the Board of Education to name the school Potomac Falls High School instead, but the Board of Education decided to name it Quince Orchard High School because it was being built on Quince Orchard Road.

[9] Construction costs ended up totaling $26 million by the time the school opened on September 6, 1988.