Allegany County, Maryland - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the US state of Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 75,087. Its county seat

County seat

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is Cumberland

Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...

. The name Allegany comes from a local Native American word, oolikhanna, which means "beautiful stream." A number of counties in the Appalachian region of the US are named Allegany, Allegheny, or Alleghany.

History

The western part of Maryland (including the present Allegany County) was originally part of Prince George's County

Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, DC. As of 2010, it has a population of 863,420 and is the wealthiest African-American majority county in the nation....

when Maryland was formed in 1696. This county included six current counties, and by repeated splitting, new ones were generated: Frederick

Frederick County, Maryland

Frederick County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northeastern border of Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 233,385....

from Prince George's in 1748; and Montgomery

Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...

and Washington

Washington County, Maryland

Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. As of the 2010 Census, its population is 147,430...

from Frederick in 1776.

Allegany County was formed in 1789 by the splitting of Washington County

Washington County, Maryland

. At the time it was the westernmost county in Maryland, but a split in 1872 produced Garrett County

Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. Created from Allegany County, Maryland in 1872 it was the last Maryland county to be formed. It was named for John Work Garrett , railroad executive, industrialist, and financier. Garrett served as president of the Baltimore...

, the current westernmost county.

The county has a number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegany County, Maryland

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegany County, Maryland.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Allegany County, Maryland, United States...

.

It is the birthplace of Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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winning actress Suzanne Rogers

Suzanne Rogers

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who has credits in both TV and film. She is perhaps best known for her long running role as Maggie Simmons Horton on NBC's Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives

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. Miss Rogers originated the role in 1973 and still appears daily on the series as of 2011. She is one of the few actresses to play the same character on a TV series for over 35 years.

Transportation

Allegany County Transit
Allegany County Transit
Allegany County Transit operates in of Allegany County, Maryland, providing the residents of Allegany County with Public Transportation. Allegany County has two types of services, a Fixed Route and a Demand Response Service...
Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
Western Maryland Scenic Railway
Western Maryland Railway
The Western Maryland Railway was an American Class I railroad which operated in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It was primarily a coal hauling and freight railroad, with a small passenger train operation. The WM became part of the Chessie System in 1973 and ceased operating its lines...

Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 429.82 square miles (1,113.2 km²), of which 425.42 square miles (1,101.8 km²) (or 98.98%) is land and 4.4 square miles (11.4 km²) (or 1.02%) is water.

Adjacent counties

Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Somerset County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 77,742. Somerset County was created on April 17, 1795, from part of Bedford County and named for Somerset, United Kingdom. Its county seat is Somerset. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania,...

(northwest)
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,762. The county seat is Bedford. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

(north)
Fulton County, Pennsylvania
Fulton County, Pennsylvania
Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 14,845.Fulton County was created on April 19, 1850, from part of Bedford County and named for inventor Robert Fulton.Its county seat is McConnellsburg....

(northeast)
Washington County
Washington County, Maryland
Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. As of the 2010 Census, its population is 147,430...

(east)
Morgan County, West Virginia
Morgan County, West Virginia
Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, it's population was 17,541. Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. The county is one of three in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area...

(southeast)
Hampshire County, West Virginia
Hampshire County, West Virginia
Hampshire County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 23,964. Its county seat is Romney, West Virginia's oldest town . Hampshire County was created by the Virginia General Assembly on December 13, 1753, from parts of Frederick and Augusta counties ...

(south)
Mineral County, West Virginia
Mineral County, West Virginia
Mineral County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 28,212. Its county seat is Keyser.-Ancient history:...

(southwest)
Garrett County
Garrett County, Maryland
Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. Created from Allegany County, Maryland in 1872 it was the last Maryland county to be formed. It was named for John Work Garrett , railroad executive, industrialist, and financier. Garrett served as president of the Baltimore...

(west)

See also: List of counties bordering eight counties

Significant Topographic Features

Evitts Mountain
Evitts Mountain
Evitts Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania and Allegany County, Maryland-Geography:...
Dans Mountain
Dans Mountain
Dans Mountain is located in Allegany County, Maryland, USA between Georges Creek and the North Branch Potomac River. The highest point on Dans Mountain is called Dan's Rock which has an elevation of . The mountain rises above the town of LaVale and the summit is the highest point in Allegany County...
Polish Mountain
Polish Mountain
Polish Mountain is located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It borders on Town Creek Tributary on the east, north of Town Creek, and extending northeastward into Pennsylvania. Its highest elevation is 1,800 feet....
Town Hill
Town Hill
Town Hill is a mountain range located in Allegany County, Maryland and Bedford and Fulton Counties in Pennsylvania. Its southern end is 2.25 miles northwest of Kiefer in Allegany County. It trends northeasterly, and ends about 1.5 miles south of the town of Emmaville in Fulton County...
Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain (Maryland)
Haystack Mountain is a mountain ridge in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in western Maryland just west of the city of Cumberland...
Martin Mountain
Martin Mountain
Martin Mountain Ridge is located in Allegany County, Maryland lying 3.25 miles west of Flintstone, Maryland and extending into Pennsylvania. Its highest elevation is 1,980 feet.- References :* United states Geological Survey...
Wills Mountain
Wills Mountain
Wills Mountain is a quartzite-capped ridge in the Ridge and Valley physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania and Maryland, USA, extending from near Bedford, Pennsylvania to near Cumberland, Maryland...
Piney Mountain
Green Ridge Mountain

Major highways

Interstate 68
Interstate 68
Interstate 68 is a Interstate highway in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Maryland, connecting in Morgantown to in Hancock. is also Corridor E of the Appalachian Development Highway System. From 1965 until the freeway's construction was completed in 1991, it was designated as...
U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 40 is an east–west United States highway. As with most routes whose numbers end in a zero, U.S. 40 once traversed the entire United States. It is one of the original 1920s U.S. Highways, and its first termini were San Francisco, California, and Atlantic City, New Jersey...
US 40 Alt
U.S. Route 40 Scenic
U.S. Route 40 Scenic
U.S. Route 40 Scenic is a scenic route of U.S. Route 40 in the U.S. state of Maryland. US 40 Scenic is the old alignment of US 40 over Town Hill in eastern Allegany County and Sideling Hill in far western Washington County. The highway was originally constructed as part of the National Road in...
U.S. Route 220
U.S. Route 220
U.S. Route 220 is a long U.S. Route in the eastern United States.US 220 is a spur route of U.S. Route 20 but at present, the two routes do not intersect nor do they connect via other spurs of US 20. The former U. S. Route 120, which was signed in Pennsylvania between 1926 and 1967, intersected...
Maryland Route 35
Maryland Route 35
Maryland Route 35 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Ellerslie Road, the state highway runs from MD 36 in Corriganville north to the Pennsylvania state line in Ellerslie, where the highway continues north as Pennsylvania Route 96 . MD 35 was constructed in the late 1910s...
Maryland Route 36
Maryland Route 36
Maryland Route 36 is a state highway located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. MD 36's southern terminus is at the WV 46 bridge in Westernport and its northern terminus at U.S. Route 40 Alternate near Cumberland...
Maryland Route 47
Maryland Route 47
Maryland Route 47 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Barrelville Road, the state highway runs from MD 36 in Barrelville north to the Pennsylvania state line, where the highway continues north as Pennsylvania Route 160 . While it is a minor route today, MD 47 was once...
Maryland Route 49
Maryland Route 49
Maryland Route 49 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Braddock Road, the state highway runs from MD 658 in La Vale east to Greene Street in Cumberland. MD 49 is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration for on the west side of Haystack Mountain...
Maryland Route 51
Maryland Route 51
Maryland Route 51 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Oldtown Road, the state highway runs from an interchange with Interstate 68 in Cumberland east to the West Virginia state line at the Potomac River, where the highway continues east as West...
Maryland Route 53
Maryland Route 53
Maryland Route 53 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Winchester Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 220 in Cresaptown north to US 40 Alternate in La Vale...
Maryland Route 55
Maryland Route 55
Maryland Route 55 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Vale Summit Road, the state highway runs from MD 36 in Vale Summit north to U.S. Route 40 Alternate in Clarysville. MD 55 connects the La Vale area with Midland in the upper Georges Creek Valley in northwestern...
Maryland Route 135
Maryland Route 135
Maryland Route 135 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Maryland Highway, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 219 in Oakland in Garrett County east to US 220 in McCoole in Allegany County...
Maryland Route 144
Maryland Route 144
Maryland Route 144 is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These highways are sections of old alignment of U.S. Route 40 between Cumberland and Baltimore...
Maryland Route 638
Maryland Route 638
Maryland Route 638 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Parkersburg Road, the state highway runs from MD 743 in Eckhart Mines north to MD 36 near Mount Savage in northwestern Allegany County...
Maryland Route 657
Maryland Route 657
Maryland Route 657 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from MD 36 in Lonaconing north to the Garrett County line, where it continues north as Avilton–Lonaconing Road. MD 657 was designated in 1939 and reconstructed in 2010.-Route description:MD 657...
Maryland Route 658
Maryland Route 658
Maryland Route 658 is an unsigned state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from MD 53 north to U.S. Route 40 Alternate within La Vale...
Maryland Route 935
Maryland Route 935
Maryland Route 935 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from MD 36 in Barton north to MD 36 in Nikep. MD 935 is the old alignment of MD 36 through Barton, Moscow, and Nikep in the Georges Creek Valley of western Allegany County...
Maryland Route 936
Maryland Route 936
Maryland Route 936 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Upper Georges Creek Road, the state highway runs from Church Street in Midland north to U.S. Route 40 Alternate and MD 36 in Frostburg...
Maryland Route 956
Maryland Route 956
Maryland Route 956 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Patriot Parkway. the state highway runs from U.S. Route 220 in Pinto east to the West Virginia state line at the Potomac River, where the highway continues as West Virginia Route 956 in Rocket Center...

Demographics

2010

Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:

89.2% White
White American
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8.0% Black
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
0.1% Native American
Native Americans in the United States
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0.8% Asian
Asian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander American
Pacific Islander Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, are residents of the United States with original ancestry from Oceania. They represent the smallest racial group counted in the United States census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or 0.3 percent of the United States population...
1.6% Two or more races
Multiracial American
Multiracial Americans, US residents who identify themselves as of "two or more races", were numbered at around 9 million, or 2.9% of the population, in the census of 2010. However there is considerable evidence that the real number is far higher. Prior to the mid-20th century many people hid their...
0.3% Other races
Race (United States Census)
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1.4% Hispanic or Latino
Hispanic and Latino Americans
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(of any race)

2000

As of the census of 2000, there were 74,930 people, 29,322 households, and 18,883 families residing in the county. The population density was 176 people per square mile (68/km²). There were 32,984 housing units at an average density of 78 per square mile (30/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 93.02% White

Race (United States Census)

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, 5.35% Black

Race (United States Census)

or African American

Race (United States Census)

, 0.15% Native American

Race (United States Census)

, 0.52% Asian

Race (United States Census)

, 0.03% Pacific Islander

Race (United States Census)

, 0.19% from other races

Race (United States Census)

, and 0.75% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic

Race (United States Census)

or Latino

Race (United States Census)

of any race. 29.0% were of German, 16.7% US or American, 12.8% Irish

Irish people

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, 10.7% English and 5.3% Italian

Italian people

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ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 29,322 households out of which 26.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.60% were married couples living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.60% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the county the population was spread out with 20.60% under the age of 18, 11.20% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,821, and the median income for a family was $39,886. Males had a median income of $31,316 versus $21,334 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,780. About 9.70% of families and 14.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.70% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2010, Allegany County had a racial and ethnic population composition of 88.16% Non-Hispanic whites, 8.03% Blacks, 0.14% Native Americans, 0.76% Asians, 0.04% Pacific Islanders, 0.08% Non-Hispanics who reported some other race, 1.47% Non-Hispanics who reported two or more races and 1.44% Hispanics.

Cities and towns

This county contains the following seven incorporated municipalities:

Two cities:
1. Cumberland
  Cumberland, Maryland
  Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...
  
  (incorporated 1815)
2. Frostburg
  Frostburg, Maryland
  Frostburg is a city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States located at the head of the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,873 at the 2000 census...
  
  (incorporated 1839)
Five towns:
1. Barton
  Barton, Maryland
  Barton is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located along the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 478 at the 2000 census.- History :...
  
  (incorporated 1900)
2. Lonaconing
  Lonaconing, Maryland
  Lonaconing is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States located along the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,205 at the 2000 census.- History :...
  
  (incorporated 1890)
3. Luke
  Luke, Maryland
  Luke is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States located along the Georges Creek Valley. Known originally as West Piedmont, the town is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 80 at the 2000 census....
  
  (incorporated 1922)
4. Midland
  Midland, Maryland
  Midland is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located along the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 473 at the 2000 census....
  
  (incorporated 1900)
5. Westernport
  Westernport, Maryland
  Westernport is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located along the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,104 at the 2000 census.-History:...
  
  (incorporated 1858)

Occupying a middle ground between incorporated and unincorporated areas are Special Tax Districts, quasi-municipal unincorporated areas created by legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly

Maryland General Assembly

The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is a bicameral body. The upper chamber, the Maryland State Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamber, the Maryland House of Delegates, has 141 representatives...

.http://web.archive.org/web/20080317025037/http://mlis.state.md.us/other/Legislative_Handbooks/Volume+VI/chapter4.htm They lack home rule authority and must petition the General Assembly for changes affecting the authority of the district. There are eight Special Tax Districts in the county:

Bel Air
Bel Air, Allegany County, Maryland
Bel Air is a community located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States of America. It is an unincorporated community which, for United States Census Bureau purposes, is united with Cresaptown to form the census-designated place of Cresaptown-Bel Air. Bel Air is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV...

(1965)
Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Maryland
The communities of Roberts Place, Bowling Green & Potomac Park are located along McMullen Highway between Cumberland to the north, Cresaptown to the south, the Potomac River to the east and Haystack Mountain to the west. For many years, the community was mostly farmland but was later divided into...

and Robert's Place (1972)
Cresaptown
Cresaptown, Maryland
Cresaptown is a community located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States of America. It is an unincorporated community which, for United States Census Bureau purposes, is united with Bel Air to form the census-designated place of Cresaptown-Bel Air. Cresaptown's post office was established...

(1949)
Ellerslie
Ellerslie, Maryland
Ellerslie is an unincorporated town in Allegany County, Maryland. The town lies north of Cumberland next to the Pennsylvania-Maryland State Line. Ellerslie is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'.-See also:Regional Businesses...

(1963)
La Vale
La Vale, Maryland
La Vale is a census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'...

Sanitary District (1947)
McCoole
McCoole, Maryland
McCoole is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, USA. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 220 and the east end of Maryland Route 135. McCoole lies directly across the North Branch Potomac River from Keyser, West Virginia. McCoole had its own post office in operation...

(1965)
Mount Savage
Mount Savage, Maryland
Mount Savage is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. A small blue-collar community, Mount Savage lies at the base of Big Savage Mountain in the Allegheny Mountains, between the cities of Frostburg and Cumberland...

(1950)
Potomac Park
Potomac Park, Maryland
Potomac Park is an unincorporated subdivision located on the North Branch Potomac River in Allegany County, Maryland. Potomac Park lies along McMullen Highway between Cresaptown and Cumberland.- See also :Regional Businesses...

Addition (1947)

Unincorporated areas are also considered as towns by many people and listed in many collections of towns, but they lack local government. Various organizations, such as the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the United States Postal Service

United States Postal Service

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, and local chambers of commerce, define the communities they wish to recognize differently, and since they are not incorporated, their boundaries have no official status outside the organizations in question. The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

s in the county:

Cresaptown-Bel Air
Cresaptown-Bel Air, Maryland
Cresaptown-Bel Air is a census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. The population was 5,884 at the 2000 census.It is a combination of the communities of Cresaptown and Bel Air recognized as a unit by the Census Bureau....

(a combination of the communities of Cresaptown
Cresaptown, Maryland
Cresaptown is a community located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States of America. It is an unincorporated community which, for United States Census Bureau purposes, is united with Bel Air to form the census-designated place of Cresaptown-Bel Air. Cresaptown's post office was established...

and Bel Air
Bel Air, Allegany County, Maryland
Bel Air is a community located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States of America. It is an unincorporated community which, for United States Census Bureau purposes, is united with Cresaptown to form the census-designated place of Cresaptown-Bel Air. Bel Air is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV...

recognized as a unit by the Census Bureau)
La Vale
La Vale, Maryland
La Vale is a census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'...

Other unincorporated areas include:

Amcelle
Amcelle, Maryland
Amcelle is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Barrelville
Barrelville, Maryland
Barrelville is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It is located between Corriganville and Mount Savage, where an 1804 road from Pennsylvania intersected the legendary Turkey Foot Road....
Bier
Bier, Maryland
Bier is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Borden Shaft
Borden Shaft, Maryland
Borden Shaft is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland located south of Frostburg, in the Georges Creek Valley. It lies at an elevation of 1795 feet ....
Carlos
Carlos, Maryland
Carlos is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Clarysville
Clarysville, Maryland
Clarysville is an unincorporated town in Allegany County, Maryland, USA. It is located along U.S. Route 40 Alternate, at its intersection with Maryland Route 55. Clarysville was known around the region for the Clarysville Inn, a historic building which stood in Clarysville from 1807 until it burned...
Corriganville
Corriganville, Maryland
Corriganville is an unincorporated town in Allegany County, Maryland, USA. The town lies north of Cumberland at the confluence of Wills Creek and Jennings Run...
Danville
Danville, Allegany County, Maryland
Danville is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Dawson
Dawson, Maryland
Dawson is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Detmold
Detmold, Maryland
Detmold is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Dickens
Dickens, Maryland
Dickens is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. Three sites are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Big Bottom Farm, Phoenix Mill Farm, and Union Grove Schoolhouse....
Eckhart Mines
Eckhart Mines, Maryland
Eckhart Mines is an unincorporated town in Allegany County, Maryland, USA. Eckhart Mines lies at the southwestern base of Federal Hill, 2.9 km east of Frostburg and 1.3 km northwest of Clarysville. The town was originally founded as a company town for the nearby Eckhart Mines. The...
Evitts Creek
Evitts Creek, Maryland
Evitts Creek is an unincorporated community located on the eastern outskirts of Cumberland, Maryland, USA along Maryland Route 51 and immediately east of the confluence of Evitts Creek and the North Branch Potomac River....
Flintstone
Flintstone, Maryland
Flintstone is a small unincorporated town in Allegany County, Maryland, USA. Flintstone lies between the southern foot of Tussey Mountain and a water gap in the Warrior Mountain formed by Flintstone Creek, north of the North Branch Potomac River and south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Rocky Gap State...
George's Creek
George's Creek, Maryland
George's Creek is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Gilmore
Klondike
Klondike, Maryland
Klondike is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Little Orleans
Little Orleans, Maryland
Little Orleans is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland. Little Orleans is located on the Potomac River at the mouth of Fifteenmile Creek across from Orleans Cross Roads, West Virginia. Little Orleans was served by the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, and by the Western Maryland...
Loartown
Midlothian
Midlothian, Maryland
Midlothian is a small unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland; at one time called Midlothian Junction. Its ZIP code is 21543.-See also:Regional Businesses...
McKenzie
McKenzie, Maryland
McKenzie is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, containing only a few houses, and mostly land. Its name is derived from a family which owned a large farm along the river bottom in the area. It is directly across from the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in Rocket Center, West...
Moscow
Moscow, Maryland
Moscow is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Mount Savage
Mount Savage, Maryland
Mount Savage is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. A small blue-collar community, Mount Savage lies at the base of Big Savage Mountain in the Allegheny Mountains, between the cities of Frostburg and Cumberland...
Narrows Park
Narrows Park, Maryland
Narrows Park is an unincorporated area in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Nikep
Nikep, Maryland
Nikep is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
Oldtown
Oldtown, Maryland
Oldtown is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland along the North Branch Potomac River founded in 18th century colonial times. The settlement was initially called "Shawanese Old Town" because it was the site of a Shawnee Amerindian village abandoned about a decade earlier...
Pekin
Pinto
Pinto, Maryland
Pinto is an unincorporated community along the North Branch Potomac River in Allegany County, Maryland across from Rocket Center, West Virginia. While the town is officially named Potomac, its post office is referred to as Pinto because there already exists a Potomac, Maryland. Pinto is located...
Rawlings
Rawlings, Maryland
Rawlings is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, on the McMullen Highway . It was originally known as Rawlings Station after a post office was established on the railroad there on March 7, 1856....
Shaft
Spring Gap
Spring Gap, Maryland
Spring Gap is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.Spring Gap is located in the Potomac Valley along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at mile marker 173 where it meets with the Spring Gap Recreational Area. This park offers camping sites and a place to relax for...
Town Creek
Town Creek, Maryland
Town Creek is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland. Town Creek lies on the Potomac River within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park across the river from Okonoko, West Virginia. Town Creek takes its name from a nearby stream....
Vale Summit
Vale Summit, Maryland
Vale Summit is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.Local lore indicates that the community was so named in the mid 19th century, founded by the local population of coal miners. Previously, however, it was locally known as "Pompey Smash", the origin of which is...
Woodland
Woodland, Maryland
Woodland is a small unincorporated community located in Allegany County, Maryland, U.S. about three miles outside of Frostburg. Woodland feeds directly into another community called Klondike. It started as a coal town sometime around the beginning of the 20th century. Many years ago, the town had a...
Zihlman
Zihlman, Maryland
Zihlman is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....

Government and infrastructure

The North Branch Correctional Institution

North Branch Correctional Institution

North Branch Correctional Institution is a high-tech, maximum security prison operated by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in unincorporated Allegany County, Maryland, near Cumberland. The prison houses the most serious offenders within the State of Maryland...

, operated by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, is located in unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

Allegany County, near Cumberland

Cumberland, Maryland

. The prison began housing male death row inmates, who were moved from the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center

Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center

Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center is a maximum level II prison operated by the Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services in Baltimore....

, in June 2010.

Notable residents

Thomas Cresap
Thomas Cresap
Colonel Thomas Cresap was an English-born pioneer settler in the state of Maryland, and an agent of Lord Baltimore in the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary dispute. During the dispute, Cresap became a notorious figure in the Conejohela Flats areathe Susquehanna Valley in the area south of Wright's...

(c. 1702–c. 1790), frontiersman and militia leader, who founded Oldtown
Oldtown, Maryland
Oldtown is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland along the North Branch Potomac River founded in 18th century colonial times. The settlement was initially called "Shawanese Old Town" because it was the site of a Shawnee Amerindian village abandoned about a decade earlier...

and widened Nemacolin's Trail, which led west from Cumberland.
Michael Cresap
Michael Cresap
Michael Cresap was a frontiersman born in Maryland. He was the son of the pioneer Thomas Cresap. He spent part of his adult years in the Ohio Country as a trader and land developer. He led several raids against Indians whom he believed were hostile to white settlement. Logan of the Mingo Indians...

(1742–1775), born in Allegany County, American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...

officer.
Patrick Hamill
Patrick Hamill
Patrick Hamill was a U.S. Congressman from the fourth district of Maryland, serving one term from 1869—1871....

(1817–1895), born in Allegany County, United States Congressman from Maryland.
Lloyd Lowndes former Governor of Maryland.
Lefty Grove
Lefty Grove
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was a professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, winning 300 games in his 17-year MLB career...

(1900–1975), born and raised in Lonaconing; Hall of Fame baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

.
William H. Macy
William H. Macy
William Hall Macy, Jr. is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though...

(1950–), an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo
Fargo (film)
Fargo is a 1996 American dark comedy-crime film produced, directed and written by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Frances McDormand as a pregnant police chief who investigates a series of homicides, William H...

. He attended Allegany High School
Allegany High School
Allegany High School is a public high school in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Allegany High School was built as Allegany County High School in 1887, hence it is often referred to as 'Alco'....

. His mother and brother continue to live in Cumberland, where he is a frequent visitor.
Sam Perlozzo
Sam Perlozzo
Samuel Benedict Perlozzo is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball, most recently with the Baltimore Orioles...

, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

(2005–2007).
Leo Mazzone
Leo Mazzone
Leo David Mazzone is a former pitcher in minor league baseball and coach in Major League Baseball. He began working with the Atlanta Braves' organization in 1979.-Early life:...

, former pitching coach of the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

and the Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....

.
Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
Casper R. Taylor, Jr. served as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1994–2003, the longest recorded Speaker's tenure in Maryland history.-Education:...

, former Speaker of the House in the Maryland House of Delegates
Maryland House of Delegates
The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...

.

Mountains

The following Mountains are in Allegany County:

Breakneck Hill
Breakneck Hill
Breakneck Hill is a mountain in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Allegany County, Maryland. The ridge is just south of Interstate 68 across form Rocky Gap State Park, approximately northwest of the town of Rush....

(1,872 ft)
Collier Mountain
Collier Mountain
Collier Mountain is mountain in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Allegany County, Maryland. The ridge is approximately southeast of Cumberland...

(1,460 ft)
Dans Mountain
Dans Mountain
Dans Mountain is located in Allegany County, Maryland, USA between Georges Creek and the North Branch Potomac River. The highest point on Dans Mountain is called Dan's Rock which has an elevation of . The mountain rises above the town of LaVale and the summit is the highest point in Allegany County...

(2,898 ft)
Evitts Mountain
Evitts Mountain
Evitts Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania and Allegany County, Maryland-Geography:...

(1,959–2,260 ft.)
Martin Mountain
Martin Mountain
Martin Mountain Ridge is located in Allegany County, Maryland lying 3.25 miles west of Flintstone, Maryland and extending into Pennsylvania. Its highest elevation is 1,980 feet.- References :* United states Geological Survey...

(1,974 ft)
Nicholas Mountain
Nicholas Mountain
Nicholas Mountain, or Irons Mountain, is located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States and extending northeasterly from the North Branch Potomac River for 6 miles until 3.5...

(1,760 ft)
Polish Mountain
Polish Mountain
Polish Mountain is located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It borders on Town Creek Tributary on the east, north of Town Creek, and extending northeastward into Pennsylvania. Its highest elevation is 1,800 feet....

(1,783 ft)
Ragged Mountain (1,740 ft)
Town Hill
Town Hill
Town Hill is a mountain range located in Allegany County, Maryland and Bedford and Fulton Counties in Pennsylvania. Its southern end is 2.25 miles northwest of Kiefer in Allegany County. It trends northeasterly, and ends about 1.5 miles south of the town of Emmaville in Fulton County...

(2,039 ft)
Warrior Mountain
Warrior Mountain
Warrior Mountain is a ridge located in Allegany County, Maryland. Warrior Mountain begins northwest of Oldtown, Maryland and runs northeasterly to the water gap formed by the Murley Branch of Town Creek, south of Flintstone, Maryland...

(2,185 ft)
Wills Mountain
Wills Mountain
Wills Mountain is a quartzite-capped ridge in the Ridge and Valley physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania and Maryland, USA, extending from near Bedford, Pennsylvania to near Cumberland, Maryland...

(1,960+ ft.)
Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain (Maryland)
Haystack Mountain is a mountain ridge in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in western Maryland just west of the city of Cumberland...

(1,240+ ft.)
Irons Mountain

Mineral Resources

The primary mineral resources extracted for use in Allegany County are coal, iron, sandstone,
and limestone. Coal bearing formations are concentrated in the Georges Creek Basin in the
western part of the county.

External links

Allegany County government

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