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Allegany County, Maryland

January 01, 1970

Allegany County is located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,106.[1] Its county seat is Cumberland.[2] The name Allegany may come from a local Lenape word, welhik hane[3][4] or oolikhanna, which means 'best flowing river of the hills' or 'beautiful stream'.[5] A number of counties and a river in the Appalachian region of the U.S. are named Allegany, Allegheny, or Alleghany. Allegany County is part of the Cumberland metropolitan area. It is a part of the Western Maryland "panhandle".

Allegany County
County
Allegany County Courthouse
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Location within the U.S. state of Maryland
Maryland's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 39°38′N 78°41′W / 39.63°N 78.69°W / 39.63; -78.69
Country United States
State Maryland
FoundedDecember 25, 1789
Named forAllegheny Mountains
SeatCumberland
Largest cityCumberland
Area
 • Total430 sq mi (1,100 km2)
 • Land424 sq mi (1,100 km2)
 • Water5.8 sq mi (15 km2)  1.3%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total68,106
 • Density160/sq mi (61/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district6th
Websitewww.alleganygov.org

History edit

The western part of Maryland (including the present Allegany County) was originally part of Prince George's County when Maryland was formed in 1696.[6] This county included six current counties, and by repeated splitting, new ones were generated: Frederick from Prince George's in 1748;[7] and Montgomery and Washington from Frederick in 1776.[8]

Allegany County was formed in 1789 by the splitting of Washington County.[9] At the time it was the westernmost county in Maryland, but a split in 1872 produced Garrett County, the current westernmost county.[7]

 
A 10-dollar note from the Allegany County Bank from 1860.

Prior to 1789, the Virginia Commonwealth claimed the area of present-day Garrett and Allegany Counties, of Maryland. A 1771–1780 map of Virginias counties, shows Hampshire County, but the Virginia State boundary has Hampshire outside that boundary line. When conducting genealogical research, it is possible to find tax records for Hampshire County, Virginia included in Maryland records, and Maryland records in Hampshire County... Hampshire County was formed in 1758 by the Virginia Commonwealth and at its founding, included the present day counties of Garrett and Allegany Counties in Maryland, and Hardy, Grant, Mineral, and part of Morgan Counties in what is now West Virginia.[10]

Geography edit

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 430 square miles (1,100 km2), of which 424 square miles (1,100 km2) is land and 5.8 square miles (15 km2) (1.3%) is water.[11]

Allegany County lies primarily in the Ridge-and-Valley Country of the Appalachian Mountains. It is bordered to the north by the Mason–Dixon line with Pennsylvania, to the south by the Potomac River and West Virginia, to the east by Sideling Hill Creek and Washington County, Maryland, and to the west by a land border with Garrett County, Maryland. The western part of the county contains a portion of the steep Allegheny Front, which marks the transition to the higher-elevation Appalachian Plateau and Allegheny Mountain region. The town of Frostburg is located west of the Front at an elevation of nearly 2,100 feet above sea level, while the county seat of Cumberland, only eight miles away, has an elevation of only 627 feet.

Mountains edit

Adjacent counties edit

National protected areas edit

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
17904,809—
18006,30331.1%
18106,9099.6%
18208,65425.3%
183010,60922.6%
184015,69047.9%
185022,76945.1%
186028,34824.5%
187038,53635.9%
188038,012−1.4%
189041,5719.4%
190053,69429.2%
191062,41116.2%
192069,93812.1%
193079,09813.1%
194086,97310.0%
195089,5563.0%
196084,169−6.0%
197084,044−0.1%
198080,548−4.2%
199074,946−7.0%
200074,9300.0%
201075,0870.2%
202068,106−9.3%
2023 (est.)67,273[12]−1.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[13]
1790–1960[14] 1900–1990[15]
1990–2000[16] 2010[17] 2020[18]

2020 census edit

Allegany County, Maryland - Demographic profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[17] Pop 2020[18] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 66,195 57,953 88.16% 85.09%
Black or African American alone (NH) 5,959 5,286 7.94% 7.76%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 90 115 0.12% 0.17%
Asian alone (NH) 566 733 0.75% 1.08%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 26 22 0.03% 0.03%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 59 185 0.08% 0.27%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 1,107 2,663 1.47% 3.91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,085 1,149 1.44% 1.69%
Total 75,087 68,106 100.00% 100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

2010 census edit

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 75,087 people, 29,177 households, and 17,959 families residing in the county.[19] The population density was 177.0 inhabitants per square mile (68.3/km2). There were 33,311 housing units at an average density of 78.5 per square mile (30.3/km2).[20] The racial makeup of the county was 89.2% white, 8.0% black or African American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.4% of the population.[19] In terms of ancestry, 31.8% were German, 14.6% were Irish, 11.9% were English, 11.8% were American, and 5.6% were Italian.[21]

Of the 29,177 households, 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 38.4% were non-families, and 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age was 40.9 years.[19]

The median income for a household in the county was $37,747 and the median income for a family was $52,680. Males had a median income of $42,322 versus $29,594 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,764. About 9.6% of families and 14.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.3% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.[22]

2000 census edit

As of the census of 2000,[23] 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 people/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, 5.35% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 29.0% were of German, 16.7% US or American, 12.8% Irish, 10.7% English and 5.3% Italian ancestry according to the 2000 census.[24]

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.

Economy edit

According to the county's comprehensive annual financial reports, the top employers by number of employees in the county are the following. ("NR" indicates the employer was not ranked among the top ten employers that year.)

Communities edit

 

Cities edit

Towns edit

Census-designated places edit

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.[26] 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:

Other census-designated places in the county include:

Unincorporated communities edit

Government and infrastructure edit

Current government edit

The Allegany County Government is governed by a 3-member board of County Commissioners.

Board of County Commissioners
Position Name Affiliation District
  President David J. Caporale Republican At-large
  Commissioner Creade V Brode Jr Republican At-large
  Commissioner William R. Atkinson Republican At-large
Orphans Court
Position Name Affiliation District
  Chief Judge Donna May Republican At-large
  Judge Edward Crossland Republican At-large
  Judge Albert Feldstein Republican At-large
Sheriff
Position Name Affiliation District
  Sheriff Craig Robertson Republican At-large
Clerk of the Court
Position Name Affiliation District
  Clerk of the Court Dawne D Lindsey Republican At-large
Register of Wills
Position Name Affiliation District
  Register of Wills Mary Beth Pirolozzi Republican At-large
States Attorney
Position Name Affiliation District
  States Attorney James Elliott Republican At-large
General Assembly
Position Name Affiliation District
  Senate Mike McKay Republican District 1
  House of Delegates Jim Hinebaugh Republican District 1A
  House of Delegates Jason C. Buckel Republican District 1B
  House of Delegates Terry Baker Republican District 1C
U.S Congress
Position Name Affiliation District
  House of Representatives David Trone Democratic District 6

Libraries edit

The library system was created in 1960, when libraries in Cumberland, Frostburg, LaVale, Pennsylvania Avenue School, and Westernport were merged to form a unified library system. The first of the libraries which would make up the library system was the Washington Street library, founded in 1924. The most recent addition to the library system was the Georges Creek library, which opened in March 2001. The Allegany County Library System currently has six branches: Frostburg Library, Georges Creek Library, LaVale Library, South Cumberland Library, Washington Street Library, and Westernport Library.[27]

Infrastructure edit

The North Branch Correctional Institution, (opened 2003), and the earlier adjacent Western Correctional Institution are operated by the Division of Corrections of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, (with its headquarters in Baltimore) is located in an unincorporated area of Allegany County, just southwest of Cumberland.[28] The prison housed male death row inmates, who were moved from the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center, from June 2010 until death row was closed in 2014.[29]

Politics edit

United States presidential election results for Allegany County, Maryland[30][31]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 20,886 68.16% 9,158 29.89% 597 1.95%
2016 21,270 69.39% 7,875 25.69% 1,509 4.92%
2012 19,230 64.42% 9,805 32.85% 815 2.73%
2008 18,405 61.88% 10,693 35.95% 644 2.17%
2004 18,980 63.57% 10,576 35.42% 299 1.00%
2000 14,656 55.58% 10,894 41.31% 821 3.11%
1996 12,136 46.68% 11,025 42.40% 2,840 10.92%
1992 13,862 45.31% 11,501 37.59% 5,232 17.10%
1988 17,462 59.19% 11,844 40.15% 197 0.67%
1984 19,763 63.30% 11,143 35.69% 317 1.02%
1980 17,512 55.62% 12,167 38.65% 1,805 5.73%
1976 15,435 49.15% 15,967 50.85% 0 0.00%
1972 20,687 64.55% 10,808 33.72% 553 1.73%
1968 13,561 42.50% 13,227 41.45% 5,122 16.05%
1964 12,384 37.75% 20,425 62.25% 0 0.00%
1960 20,489 59.93% 13,701 40.07% 0 0.00%
1956 20,239 65.26% 10,775 34.74% 0 0.00%
1952 19,186 56.83% 14,529 43.03% 47 0.14%
1948 14,375 49.00% 14,398 49.08% 562 1.92%
1944 15,589 50.39% 15,345 49.61% 0 0.00%
1940 14,804 44.26% 18,456 55.18% 188 0.56%
1936 11,191 35.87% 19,721 63.20% 291 0.93%
1932 12,911 49.05% 12,033 45.71% 1,378 5.24%
1928 19,443 67.74% 9,026 31.45% 234 0.82%
1924 9,042 55.24% 4,442 27.14% 2,886 17.63%
1920 9,595 57.37% 5,643 33.74% 1,487 8.89%
1916 5,760 51.56% 4,859 43.49% 553 4.95%
1912 1,396 16.25% 3,382 39.36% 3,815 44.40%
1908 5,178 48.89% 4,791 45.24% 622 5.87%
1904 5,232 56.32% 3,326 35.81% 731 7.87%
1900 5,944 54.63% 4,527 41.61% 409 3.76%

Allegany County was granted a home rule form of government in 1974. It is a strongly Republican county, the last Democrat to win a majority being Jimmy Carter in 1976.[32] The only other Democrats to carry the county since 1880 have been Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt (twice), and by very narrow margins Harry S. Truman in 1948 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912.

Voter registration edit

Voter registration and party enrollment as of March 2024[33]
Republican 22,648 52.15%
Democratic 10,946 25.21%
Unaffiliated 9,001 20.73%
Libertarian 261 0.6%
Other parties 571 1.31%
Total 43,427 100%

Transportation edit

 
I-68 and US 40 in Allegany County

Allegany County has been, since colonial times, an important node on the nation's transportation network as a key transition point in the movement of goods and people to and from the ports of the Mid-Atlantic and the agricultural and industrial production centers of the Ohio Valley and Midwest. The Cumberland Narrows, a naturally-occurring watergap separating Wills and Haystack Mountains, serves as one of the few passages through what is otherwise one of the steepest rushes of the Ridge and Valley province. Because of this, Cumberland has been the site of both planned and completed transportation projects focused on connecting east and west.

On his fateful march from Alexandria to Fort Duquesne in modern-day Pittsburgh during the French and Indian War, British General Edward Braddock and his men, including then-Lieutenant Colonel and Braddock's aide-de-camp George Washington, carved a road, closely following the Native American Nemacolin's Path, from the British encampment at Fort Cumberland, through the Allegheny Mountains all the way to Fort Duquesne.[34] This road, known in early America as Braddock's Road, became the guidelines for the earliest sections of the Cumberland Road, or what later became known as the National Road. Specifically, the section on Braddock's Road from Cumberland to Uniontown, Pennsylvania was followed nearly exactly in the early construction of the National Road.[35] A monument to the start of the National Road now stands on Greene Street in Cumberland, very near the spot Braddock and his men began their expedition.[36]

In modern times, Allegany County is an important regional crossroads. It is crossed from east to west by Interstate 68 and US Route 40, and from north to south by US Route 220, which from Cumberland to the Mason–Dixon line is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System's Corridor O.

Major highways edit

Rail edit

Public transportation edit

Education edit

Public K–12 education in the county is handled by Allegany County Public Schools (ACPS). ACPS is governed by an elected, five-member Board of Education, plus an appointed superintendent. ACPS manages three high schools (grades 9–12), three middle schools (grades 6–8), 13 elementary schools (grades K–5), and one K–8 school, plus the Center for Career and Technical Education in Cresaptown, and the Eckhart Alternative School in Eckhart Mines.[37]

Allegany County is also home to three Christian parochial schools: Bishop Walsh School (Catholic) in Cumberland, Lighthouse Christian Academy (non-denominational) in Cumberland, and Calvary Christian Academy (non-denominational) in Cresaptown.[38]

Allegany County is home to Frostburg State University, one of the eleven member universities of the University System of Maryland, and the only public, four-year university in Maryland west of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. The university, founded in 1898 as the Frostburg State Normal School, FSU, as the university is known to students and alumni, now offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and has a yearly enrollment consistently over 5,000 students.[39]

A junior college experience is available in Allegany County with the Allegany College of Maryland, located in Cumberland. Allegany College provides more than 50 associate degree programs and more than 20 certificate programs, and has more than 3,500 enrollees and more than 16,000 registrants in its Continuing Education programs. ACM also operates a satellite campus in Everett, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles north of Cumberland in Bedford County.[40]

Natural resources edit

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.

Notable residents edit

See also edit

Sandy Creek may not be mentioned here. Here is a reference that it existed (the letter symbols at the end of the reference are defined in a table at the end of Keegan's book) A Third Rutan Family Index p 177 By James J. Keegan Maryland Listings: Peter Rutan - (1776-1848_ p/John Rutan-Catherine Jones of Morris Co. NJ; m (1) Elizabeth McIlrath (1771–1845) (2) Mary Webb (1788–1855) in 1846; he was living in Sandy Creek, Allegany Co. in 1880 and moved to Markleysburg, Fayette Co. PA in 1812; they later (lived) in Caroll Co. OH; GSNJ; LDS; MEACH

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Allegany County is located in the northwestern part of the U S state of Maryland As of the 2020 census the population was 68 106 1 Its county seat is Cumberland 2 The name Allegany may come from a local Lenape word welhik hane 3 4 or oolikhanna which means best flowing river of the hills or beautiful stream 5 A number of counties and a river in the Appalachian region of the U S are named Allegany Allegheny or Alleghany Allegany County is part of the Cumberland metropolitan area It is a part of the Western Maryland panhandle Allegany CountyCountyAllegany County CourthouseFlagSealLocation within the U S state of MarylandMaryland s location within the U S Coordinates 39 38 N 78 41 W 39 63 N 78 69 W 39 63 78 69Country United StatesState MarylandFoundedDecember 25 1789Named forAllegheny MountainsSeatCumberlandLargest cityCumberlandArea Total430 sq mi 1 100 km2 Land424 sq mi 1 100 km2 Water5 8 sq mi 15 km2 1 3 Population 2020 Total68 106 Density160 sq mi 61 km2 Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern Summer DST UTC 4 EDT Congressional district6thWebsitewww wbr alleganygov wbr org Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Mountains 2 2 Adjacent counties 2 3 National protected areas 3 Demographics 3 1 2020 census 3 2 2010 census 3 3 2000 census 4 Economy 5 Communities 5 1 Cities 5 2 Towns 5 3 Census designated places 5 4 Unincorporated communities 6 Government and infrastructure 6 1 Current government 6 2 Libraries 6 3 Infrastructure 7 Politics 7 1 Voter registration 8 Transportation 8 1 Major highways 8 2 Rail 8 3 Public transportation 9 Education 10 Natural resources 11 Notable residents 12 See also 13 References 14 External linksHistory editThe western part of Maryland including the present Allegany County was originally part of Prince George s County when Maryland was formed in 1696 6 This county included six current counties and by repeated splitting new ones were generated Frederick from Prince George s in 1748 7 and Montgomery and Washington from Frederick in 1776 8 Allegany County was formed in 1789 by the splitting of Washington County 9 At the time it was the westernmost county in Maryland but a split in 1872 produced Garrett County the current westernmost county 7 nbsp A 10 dollar note from the Allegany County Bank from 1860 Prior to 1789 the Virginia Commonwealth claimed the area of present day Garrett and Allegany Counties of Maryland A 1771 1780 map of Virginias counties shows Hampshire County but the Virginia State boundary has Hampshire outside that boundary line When conducting genealogical research it is possible to find tax records for Hampshire County Virginia included in Maryland records and Maryland records in Hampshire County Hampshire County was formed in 1758 by the Virginia Commonwealth and at its founding included the present day counties of Garrett and Allegany Counties in Maryland and Hardy Grant Mineral and part of Morgan Counties in what is now West Virginia 10 Geography editAccording to the U S Census Bureau the county has a total area of 430 square miles 1 100 km2 of which 424 square miles 1 100 km2 is land and 5 8 square miles 15 km2 1 3 is water 11 Allegany County lies primarily in the Ridge and Valley Country of the Appalachian Mountains It is bordered to the north by the Mason Dixon line with Pennsylvania to the south by the Potomac River and West Virginia to the east by Sideling Hill Creek and Washington County Maryland and to the west by a land border with Garrett County Maryland The western part of the county contains a portion of the steep Allegheny Front which marks the transition to the higher elevation Appalachian Plateau and Allegheny Mountain region The town of Frostburg is located west of the Front at an elevation of nearly 2 100 feet above sea level while the county seat of Cumberland only eight miles away has an elevation of only 627 feet Mountains edit Breakneck Hill 1 872 ft Collier Mountain 1 460 ft Dans Mountain 2 898 ft Evitts Mountain 1 959 2 260 ft Green Ridge Mountain Haystack Mountain 1 240 ft Irons Mountain Martin Mountain 1 974 ft Nicholas Mountain 1 760 ft Piney Mountain Polish Mountain 1 783 ft Ragged Mountain 1 740 ft Town Hill 2 039 ft Warrior Mountain 2 185 ft Wills Mountain 1 960 ft Adjacent counties edit Somerset County Pennsylvania northwest Bedford County Pennsylvania north Fulton County Pennsylvania northeast Washington County east Morgan County West Virginia southeast Hampshire County West Virginia south Mineral County West Virginia southwest Garrett County west National protected areas edit Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park part Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 17904 809 18006 30331 1 18106 9099 6 18208 65425 3 183010 60922 6 184015 69047 9 185022 76945 1 186028 34824 5 187038 53635 9 188038 012 1 4 189041 5719 4 190053 69429 2 191062 41116 2 192069 93812 1 193079 09813 1 194086 97310 0 195089 5563 0 196084 169 6 0 197084 044 0 1 198080 548 4 2 199074 946 7 0 200074 9300 0 201075 0870 2 202068 106 9 3 2023 est 67 273 12 1 2 U S Decennial Census 13 1790 1960 14 1900 1990 15 1990 2000 16 2010 17 2020 18 2020 census edit Allegany County Maryland Demographic profile NH Non Hispanic Race Ethnicity Pop 2010 17 Pop 2020 18 2010 2020 White alone NH 66 195 57 953 88 16 85 09 Black or African American alone NH 5 959 5 286 7 94 7 76 Native American or Alaska Native alone NH 90 115 0 12 0 17 Asian alone NH 566 733 0 75 1 08 Pacific Islander alone NH 26 22 0 03 0 03 Some Other Race alone NH 59 185 0 08 0 27 Mixed Race Multi Racial NH 1 107 2 663 1 47 3 91 Hispanic or Latino any race 1 085 1 149 1 44 1 69 Total 75 087 68 106 100 00 100 00 Note the US Census treats Hispanic Latino as an ethnic category This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category Hispanics Latinos can be of any race 2010 census edit As of the 2010 United States census there were 75 087 people 29 177 households and 17 959 families residing in the county 19 The population density was 177 0 inhabitants per square mile 68 3 km2 There were 33 311 housing units at an average density of 78 5 per square mile 30 3 km2 20 The racial makeup of the county was 89 2 white 8 0 black or African American 0 8 Asian 0 1 American Indian 0 2 from other races and 1 6 from two or more races Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1 4 of the population 19 In terms of ancestry 31 8 were German 14 6 were Irish 11 9 were English 11 8 were American and 5 6 were Italian 21 Of the 29 177 households 26 0 had children under the age of 18 living with them 46 0 were married couples living together 11 0 had a female householder with no husband present 38 4 were non families and 31 6 of all households were made up of individuals The average household size was 2 30 and the average family size was 2 86 The median age was 40 9 years 19 The median income for a household in the county was 37 747 and the median income for a family was 52 680 Males had a median income of 42 322 versus 29 594 for females The per capita income for the county was 20 764 About 9 6 of families and 14 5 of the population were below the poverty line including 18 3 of those under age 18 and 8 8 of those age 65 or over 22 2000 census edit As of the census of 2000 23 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 people 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 5 35 Black or African American 0 15 Native American 0 52 Asian 0 03 Pacific Islander 0 19 from other races and 0 75 from two or more races 0 76 of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race 29 0 were of German 16 7 US or American 12 8 Irish 10 7 English and 5 3 Italian ancestry according to the 2000 census 24 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 update 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 Economy editAccording to the county s comprehensive annual financial reports the top employers by number of employees in the county are the following NR indicates the employer was not ranked among the top ten employers that year Employer Employees 25 2021 Employees 25 2012 UPMC Western Maryland 2 200 2 290 Allegany County Board of Education 1 350 1 346 Northrop Grumman 1 050 1 396 Frostburg State University 1 003 922 Hunter Douglas 900 580 New Page Corporation NR 870 CSX Transportation 635 900 Western Correctional Institution 588 552 North Branch Correctional Institution 574 557 American Woodmark 572 NR Allegany College 509 559Communities edit nbsp Cities edit Cumberland Frostburg Towns edit Barton Lonaconing Luke Midland Westernport Census designated places edit 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 26 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 Bowling Green Cresaptown Ellerslie La Vale McCoole Mount Savage Potomac Park Other census designated places in the county include Barrelville Bier Borden Shaft Bowmans Addition Carlos Clarysville Corriganville Danville Dawson Detmold Eckhart Mines Flintstone Franklin Gilmore Grahamtown Klondike Little Orleans Midlothian Moscow National Nikep Ocean Oldtown Pleasant Grove Rawlings Shaft Spring Gap Vale Summit Woodland Zihlman Unincorporated communities edit Amcelle Dickens Evitts Creek George s Creek Loartown McKenzie Narrows Park Pinto Town CreekGovernment and infrastructure editCurrent government edit The Allegany County Government is governed by a 3 member board of County Commissioners Board of County Commissioners Position Name Affiliation District President David J Caporale Republican At large Commissioner Creade V Brode Jr Republican At large Commissioner William R Atkinson Republican At large Orphans Court Position Name Affiliation District Chief Judge Donna May Republican At large Judge Edward Crossland Republican At large Judge Albert Feldstein Republican At large Sheriff Position Name Affiliation District Sheriff Craig Robertson Republican At large Clerk of the Court Position Name Affiliation District Clerk of the Court Dawne D Lindsey Republican At large Register of Wills Position Name Affiliation District Register of Wills Mary Beth Pirolozzi Republican At large States Attorney Position Name Affiliation District States Attorney James Elliott Republican At large General Assembly Position Name Affiliation District Senate Mike McKay Republican District 1 House of Delegates Jim Hinebaugh Republican District 1A House of Delegates Jason C Buckel Republican District 1B House of Delegates Terry Baker Republican District 1C U S Congress Position Name Affiliation District House of Representatives David Trone Democratic District 6 Libraries edit The library system was created in 1960 when libraries in Cumberland Frostburg LaVale Pennsylvania Avenue School and Westernport were merged to form a unified library system The first of the libraries which would make up the library system was the Washington Street library founded in 1924 The most recent addition to the library system was the Georges Creek library which opened in March 2001 The Allegany County Library System currently has six branches Frostburg Library Georges Creek Library LaVale Library South Cumberland Library Washington Street Library and Westernport Library 27 Infrastructure edit The North Branch Correctional Institution opened 2003 and the earlier adjacent Western Correctional Institution are operated by the Division of Corrections of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services with its headquarters in Baltimore is located in an unincorporated area of Allegany County just southwest of Cumberland 28 The prison housed male death row inmates who were moved from the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center from June 2010 until death row was closed in 2014 29 Politics editUnited States presidential election results for Allegany County Maryland 30 31 Year Republican Democratic Third party No No No 2020 20 886 68 16 9 158 29 89 597 1 95 2016 21 270 69 39 7 875 25 69 1 509 4 92 2012 19 230 64 42 9 805 32 85 815 2 73 2008 18 405 61 88 10 693 35 95 644 2 17 2004 18 980 63 57 10 576 35 42 299 1 00 2000 14 656 55 58 10 894 41 31 821 3 11 1996 12 136 46 68 11 025 42 40 2 840 10 92 1992 13 862 45 31 11 501 37 59 5 232 17 10 1988 17 462 59 19 11 844 40 15 197 0 67 1984 19 763 63 30 11 143 35 69 317 1 02 1980 17 512 55 62 12 167 38 65 1 805 5 73 1976 15 435 49 15 15 967 50 85 0 0 00 1972 20 687 64 55 10 808 33 72 553 1 73 1968 13 561 42 50 13 227 41 45 5 122 16 05 1964 12 384 37 75 20 425 62 25 0 0 00 1960 20 489 59 93 13 701 40 07 0 0 00 1956 20 239 65 26 10 775 34 74 0 0 00 1952 19 186 56 83 14 529 43 03 47 0 14 1948 14 375 49 00 14 398 49 08 562 1 92 1944 15 589 50 39 15 345 49 61 0 0 00 1940 14 804 44 26 18 456 55 18 188 0 56 1936 11 191 35 87 19 721 63 20 291 0 93 1932 12 911 49 05 12 033 45 71 1 378 5 24 1928 19 443 67 74 9 026 31 45 234 0 82 1924 9 042 55 24 4 442 27 14 2 886 17 63 1920 9 595 57 37 5 643 33 74 1 487 8 89 1916 5 760 51 56 4 859 43 49 553 4 95 1912 1 396 16 25 3 382 39 36 3 815 44 40 1908 5 178 48 89 4 791 45 24 622 5 87 1904 5 232 56 32 3 326 35 81 731 7 87 1900 5 944 54 63 4 527 41 61 409 3 76 Allegany County was granted a home rule form of government in 1974 It is a strongly Republican county the last Democrat to win a majority being Jimmy Carter in 1976 32 The only other Democrats to carry the county since 1880 have been Lyndon B Johnson Franklin D Roosevelt twice and by very narrow margins Harry S Truman in 1948 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 Voter registration edit Voter registration and party enrollment as of March 2024 33 Republican 22 648 52 15 Democratic 10 946 25 21 Unaffiliated 9 001 20 73 Libertarian 261 0 6 Other parties 571 1 31 Total 43 427 100 Transportation edit nbsp I 68 and US 40 in Allegany County Allegany County has been since colonial times an important node on the nation s transportation network as a key transition point in the movement of goods and people to and from the ports of the Mid Atlantic and the agricultural and industrial production centers of the Ohio Valley and Midwest The Cumberland Narrows a naturally occurring watergap separating Wills and Haystack Mountains serves as one of the few passages through what is otherwise one of the steepest rushes of the Ridge and Valley province Because of this Cumberland has been the site of both planned and completed transportation projects focused on connecting east and west On his fateful march from Alexandria to Fort Duquesne in modern day Pittsburgh during the French and Indian War British General Edward Braddock and his men including then Lieutenant Colonel and Braddock s aide de camp George Washington carved a road closely following the Native American Nemacolin s Path from the British encampment at Fort Cumberland through the Allegheny Mountains all the way to Fort Duquesne 34 This road known in early America as Braddock s Road became the guidelines for the earliest sections of the Cumberland Road or what later became known as the National Road Specifically the section on Braddock s Road from Cumberland to Uniontown Pennsylvania was followed nearly exactly in the early construction of the National Road 35 A monument to the start of the National Road now stands on Greene Street in Cumberland very near the spot Braddock and his men began their expedition 36 In modern times Allegany County is an important regional crossroads It is crossed from east to west by Interstate 68 and US Route 40 and from north to south by US Route 220 which from Cumberland to the Mason Dixon line is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System s Corridor O Major highways edit nbsp Interstate 68 nbsp U S Route 40 nbsp nbsp US 40 Alt nbsp nbsp U S Route 40 Scenic nbsp U S Route 220 nbsp Maryland Route 35 nbsp Maryland Route 36 nbsp Maryland Route 47 nbsp Maryland Route 49 nbsp Maryland Route 51 nbsp Maryland Route 53 nbsp Maryland Route 55 nbsp Maryland Route 135 nbsp Maryland Route 144 nbsp Maryland Route 638 nbsp Maryland Route 657 nbsp Maryland Route 658 nbsp Maryland Route 935 nbsp Maryland Route 936 nbsp Maryland Route 956 Rail edit Amtrak Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Public transportation edit Allegany County TransitEducation editPublic K 12 education in the county is handled by Allegany County Public Schools ACPS ACPS is governed by an elected five member Board of Education plus an appointed superintendent ACPS manages three high schools grades 9 12 three middle schools grades 6 8 13 elementary schools grades K 5 and one K 8 school plus the Center for Career and Technical Education in Cresaptown and the Eckhart Alternative School in Eckhart Mines 37 Allegany County is also home to three Christian parochial schools Bishop Walsh School Catholic in Cumberland Lighthouse Christian Academy non denominational in Cumberland and Calvary Christian Academy non denominational in Cresaptown 38 Allegany County is home to Frostburg State University one of the eleven member universities of the University System of Maryland and the only public four year university in Maryland west of the Washington Baltimore combined statistical area The university founded in 1898 as the Frostburg State Normal School FSU as the university is known to students and alumni now offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and has a yearly enrollment consistently over 5 000 students 39 A junior college experience is available in Allegany County with the Allegany College of Maryland located in Cumberland Allegany College provides more than 50 associate degree programs and more than 20 certificate programs and has more than 3 500 enrollees and more than 16 000 registrants in its Continuing Education programs ACM also operates a satellite campus in Everett Pennsylvania about 30 miles north of Cumberland in Bedford County 40 Natural resources editThe 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 Notable residents editThomas Cresap c 1702 c 1790 frontiersman and militia leader who founded Oldtown and widened Nemacolin s Trail which led west from Cumberland Michael Cresap 1742 1775 born in Allegany County American Revolutionary War officer 41 Patrick Hamill 1817 1895 born in Allegany County United States Congressman from Maryland 41 Lloyd Lowndes Jr 1845 1905 former Governor of Maryland Lefty Grove 1900 1975 born and raised in Lonaconing Hall of Fame baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox William H Macy born 1950 American actor Sam Perlozzo former manager of the Baltimore Orioles 2005 2007 Leo Mazzone former pitching coach of the Baltimore Orioles and the Atlanta Braves Casper R Taylor Jr former Speaker of the House in the Maryland House of Delegates Eddie Deezen born 1957 American actor Ty Johnson born 1997 running back Detroit Lions 42 Drew Hankinson AKA Luke Gallows born 1983 American professional wrestler Bob Robertson Born 1946 Played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman between 1967 and 1979 most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates Robertson was born in Frostburg Maryland in 1946 where he graduated from Mount Savage High School in Maryland Robertson lives in LaVale Maryland with his wife Carolyn See also edit nbsp Maryland portal National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegany County Maryland Sandy Creek may not be mentioned here Here is a reference that it existed the letter symbols at the end of the reference are defined in a table at the end of Keegan s book A Third Rutan Family Index p 177 By James J Keegan Maryland Listings Peter Rutan 1776 1848 p John Rutan Catherine Jones of Morris Co NJ m 1 Elizabeth McIlrath 1771 1845 2 Mary Webb 1788 1855 in 1846 he was living in Sandy Creek Allegany Co in 1880 and moved to Markleysburg Fayette Co PA in 1812 they later lived in Caroll Co OH GSNJ LDS MEACHReferences edit State amp County QuickFacts United States Census Bureau Retrieved August 16 2021 Find a County National Association of Counties Archived from the original on May 31 2011 Retrieved June 7 2011 welhik Lenape Talking Dictionary Archived from the original on September 11 2012 Retrieved December 14 2011 Heckewelder here does not give the strict meaning of hanne The word in common use among Algonkin i e Algonquian tribes for river is sipu and this includes the idea of a stream of flowing water But in the mountainous parts of Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia sipu did not sufficiently convey the idea of a rapid stream roaring down mountain gorges and hanne takes its place to designate not a mere sipu or flowing river but a rapid mountain stream Russell Erret 1885 Indian Geographical Names The Magazine of Western History 2 1 53 59 Retrieved December 14 2011 Alleghany or as some prefer to write it Allegheny the Algonkin name of the Ohio River but now restricted to one of its branches is probably Delaware welhik hanne or oo lik hanne the best or the fairest river Welhik as Zeisberger wrote it is the inanimate form of the adjectival meaning best most beautiful In his Vocabulary Zeisberger gave this synthesis with slight change of orthography as Wulach neu or oo lakhanne oo as Eliot would have written it with the free translation a fine River without Falls The name was indeed more likely to belong to rivers without falls or other obstruction to the passage of canoes but its literal meaning is as its composition shows best rapid stream or finest rapid stream La Belle Riviere of the French and the Oue yo or O hee yo Ga hun da good river or the beautiful river of the Senecas For this translation of the name we have very respectable authority that of Christian Frederick Post a Moravian of Pennsylvania who lived seventeen years with the Muhhekan Indians and was twice married among them and whose knowledge of the Indian languages enabled him to render important services to the colony as a negotiator with the Delawares and Shawanese of the Ohio in the French war In his Journal from Philadelphia to the Ohio in 1758 after mention of the Alleghenny river he says The Ohio as it is called by the Sennecas Alleghenny is the name of the same river in the Delaware language Both words signify the fine or fair river La Metairie the notary of La Salle s expedition calls the Ohio the Olighinsipou or Aleghin evidently an Algonkin name as Dr Shea remarks Heckewelder says that the Delawares still call the Allegany Ohio river Alligewi Sipu the river of the Alligewi as he chooses to translate it In one form we have wulik hannesipu best rapid stream long river in the other wulike sipu best long river Heckewelder s derivation of the name on the authority of a Delaware legend from the mythic Alligewi or Talligewi a race of Indians said to have once inhabited that country who after great battles fought in pre historic times were driven from it by the all conquering Delawares is of no value unless supported by other testimony Trumbull J Hammond 1870 The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Hartford Conn pp 13 14 Retrieved December 14 2011 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Thomas James W and Williams Thomas J C History of Allegany County Maryland Baltimore Md Regional Publishing Co 1969 p 289 a b Bentley Elizabeth Petty County Courthouse Book Baltimore Md Genealogical Publishing Co 2009 p 128 Bentley Elizabeth Petty County Courthouse Book Baltimore Md Genealogical Publishing Co 2009 p 129 Bentley Elizabeth Petty County Courthouse Book Baltimore Md Genealogical Publishing Co 2009 p 126 Virginia Counties Map of 1771 1780 Henry Howe s 1845 History of Virginia 2010 Census Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau August 22 2012 Archived from the original on September 13 2014 Retrieved September 12 2014 Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties April 1 2020 to July 1 2023 United States Census Bureau Retrieved April 3 2024 Census of Population and Housing from 1790 2000 US Census Bureau Retrieved January 24 2022 Historical Census Browser University of Virginia Library Retrieved September 12 2014 Population of Counties by Decennial Census 1900 to 1990 United States Census Bureau Retrieved September 12 2014 Census 2000 PHC T 4 Ranking Tables for Counties 1990 and 2000 PDF United States Census Bureau Archived PDF from the original on March 27 2010 Retrieved September 12 2014 a b P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2010 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Allegany County Maryland United States Census Bureau a b P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2020 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Allegany County Maryland United States Census Bureau a b c DP 1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 Demographic Profile Data United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved January 22 2016 Population Housing Units Area and Density 2010 County United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved January 22 2016 DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved January 22 2016 DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved January 22 2016 U S Census website United States Census Bureau Retrieved January 31 2008 The last five National Origin figures are taken from the Long Form which was given to less than 20 of respondents but then extrapolated to the whole Besides this problem in making a comparison the long form also limits people to only two stated ancestries but unlike racial counts if someone states two ancestries they are counted in both while in racial counts they are grouped as some other race a b Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Department of Finance Allegany County Maryland March 8 2022 1998 Legislative Handbook Series Volume VI Chapter 4 Archived from the original on March 11 2007 Allegany County Library System A Brief History Allegany County Library System www alleganycountylibrary info Retrieved October 19 2020 North Branch Correctional Institution North Branch Correctional Institution Retrieved on September 22 2010 Calvert Scott and Kate Smith Death row inmates transferred to W Maryland The Baltimore Sun June 25 2010 Retrieved on September 22 2010 Leip David Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org The leading other candidate Progressive Theodore Roosevelt received 2 631 votes while Socialist candidate Eugene Debs received 1 036 votes Prohibition candidate Eugene Chafin received 121 votes and Labor candidate Arthur Reimer received 27 votes Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 2016 Maryland Board of Elections Voter Registration Activity Report March 2024 PDF Maryland Board of Elections Retrieved April 9 2024 JessJuanDring says February 7 2017 Braddock s Defeat 1755 French and Indian War HistoryNet Retrieved May 5 2019 Farmington Mailing Address 1 Washington Parkway Us PA 15437 Phone 329 5512 Contact The National Road Fort Necessity National Battlefield U S National Park Service www nps gov Retrieved May 5 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link National Road and Monument C amp O Canal Trust Retrieved May 5 2019 Allegany County Public Schools Homepage www acpsmd org Retrieved May 5 2019 Private Schools Allegany County Maryland Chamber of Commerce AlleganyCountyChamber com Retrieved May 5 2019 Frostburg State University www frostburg edu Retrieved May 5 2019 Home Allegany College of Maryland www allegany edu Retrieved May 5 2019 a b Who Was Who in America Historical Volume 1607 1896 Chicago Marquis Who s Who 1963 Something so good so true from the start April 25 2019 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allegany County Maryland nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Allegany County Allegany County government Allegany County Maryland at Curlie Official travel and tourism site for Allegany County 39 38 N 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