Polish Mountain is located in Allegany County

Allegany County, Maryland

Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the US state of Maryland. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 75,087. Its county seat is Cumberland...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. It borders on Town Creek Tributary

Town Creek (Potomac River)

Town Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The creek is formed from the confluence of Sweet Root Creek and Elk Lick Creek, about south of Buchanan State Forest in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Town Creek flows south along the base of...

 on the east, north of 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....

, and extending northeastward into Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. Its highest elevation is 1,800 feet.

In February 2011, nine Maryland State Senators introduced a bill to rename Polish Mountain and Negro Mountain

Negro Mountain

Negro Mountain is a long ridge of the Allegheny Mountains extending from Deep Creek Lake in Maryland, north to the Casselman River in Pennsylvania, USA. The summit, Mount Davis, is the highest point in Pennsylvania...

. All four Western Maryland state representatives testified against the proposed bill. The bill was voted down in committee.

(N. 39°42' W. 78°31')