Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
English: This is a locator map showing Allegany County in Maryland. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
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.
The most recent county formation in Maryland occurred in 1872 when Garrett County was split from Allegany County. [2] However, there have been numerous changes to county borders since that time, most recently when portions of the city of Takoma Park that had previously been part of Prince George's County were absorbed into Montgomery County in 1997.
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. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Allegany County is the next most populated county with 75,087 people, while Garrett County is the least populated with 30,097 people. The statistical areas and counties of Western Maryland Core Based Statistical Area
Lonaconing, Maryland, one of the towns in the valley. Georges Creek Valley is located in Allegany County, Maryland along the Georges Creek. The valley is rich in wide veins of coal, known historically as "The Big Vein." Coal was once extracted by deep mines but is only mined today through surface mining. The Georges Creek Valley was once a ...
Cresap and the Delaware chief Nemacolin opened a road westward under the auspices of the Virginia and Maryland speculators of the Ohio Company once they received a charter. Cresap's son Michael Cresap was born at Oldtown, the first white male born in Allegany County. A post office was established there on May 26, 1870.
Populated places in Allegany County, Maryland (4 C, 1 P) Protected areas of Allegany County, Maryland (1 C, ...