 MD 292 was constructed in the early to mid-1910s between Still Pond and Betterton and in the early 1920s south of Still Pond to what is now MD 213.The highway from Still Pond to Betterton was widened in the late 1940s and resurfaced in the late 1960s.The portion of MD 292 between MD 213 and MD 298 was transferred to county control in 1994.