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It is a 38-acre (15 ha) primarily residential historic district located on the east side of the city of Cumberland. It contains a strong, locally distinctive concentration of wood and brick residences built between the early 1870s and the late 1940s. It also includes a modest commercial area.
The Amish first came to the area in 1939-1940 after some members left the Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania over a conflict with schooling. The Amish in St. Mary's County maintain dairy and produce farms along with small Amish businesses. There is also an Old Order Mennonite community in the Mechanicsville area. In recent years ...
Cumberland is the only city of at least 20,000 residents, outside of the Pittsburgh and DC metro areas, that lies on this combined 300+ mile stretch. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.15 square miles (26.29 km 2), of which 10.08 square miles (26.11 km 2) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2) is water.
Sep. 24—GRISWOLD — For about 40 years, a flea market in Jewett City has offered vendors and customers a space to relive parts of their pasts. The College Mart Flea Market, vendors said, is ...
The district is located in the heart of the downtown area along Baltimore Street, the formerly the main thoroughfare through the city. Baltimore Street is now a brick pedestrian mall. The street is lined with large multistory commercial buildings, most of which were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [ 2 ]
1921: Anna C. McCleave becomes one of the first police and fire commissioners in the United States when the Cumberland City Council and Mayor selected her to fill an unexpired term. [31] 1924: first acetate yarn spun in America at Cumberland Amcelle factory; 1924: Floods in Cumberland; 1929: Stock market crash ushers in the Great Depression
The Greene Street Historic District is a national historic district in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. It is a 7-acre (28,000 m 2) linear historic district along both sides of Greene Street on the west side of Cumberland. It contains 45 buildings (44 are brick), 37 of which are residential and 8 of which exhibit commercial design ...
The median income for a household in Germantown was $76,061 as of a 2010 estimate by the website, City-Data. [ 52 ] 6.5% of the population and 3.5% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 5.9% are under the age of 18 and 9.9% are 65 or older.