Allegany County, Maryland

Founding: 1789
Parent county: Washington

Namesake: The Allegheny Mountains
Seat: Cumberland (1789–)

Land area: 424 square miles

Population (2020): 68,106

Population (historic): 4,809 (1790); 10,609 (1830); 28,348 (1860); 41,571 (1890); 79,098 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1870; 1880–1950; 2010s

Subdivisions: Two cities; five towns; 30 CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,606 (32.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,289
Average outbuilding value (1930): $825
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 999
Average farm size (1920): 64.1 acres
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Cumberland

Namesake: Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

Founding: 1787 (platting); 1795 (post office)

Population (2020): 19,076

Population (historic): 2,428 (1840); 4,078 (1860); 10,693 (1880); 17,128 (1900); 37,747 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1850; 1860–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,891 (46.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Log House. 14210 Bald Knob Road. Remodeled beyond recognition.
2. William Logsdon Farm (1854). 15817 Beartrack Farm Road.
3. Frederick Rigert House (1817). 14617 Blank Road.
4. John Winter House (c. 1829). Cabin Run Road, east of Borden Shaft. Razed.
5. Margaret Duncan House (c. 1832). 14100 Canal Ferry Road. Federal.
6. Elwood Ginevan House (1878). Green Spring Road, south of Oldtown. Italianate.
7. Big Bottom Farm / John Smouse Farm (c. 1845). 14220 Hazen Road. Greek Revival.
8. John Koontz Log House (1841?). Hersick Road, west of Klondike. Razed.
9. Charles Cresap House (c. 1844). 13112 McKenzie Tower Road. Razed.
10. Shaw Farm (c. 1855). McMullen Highway, south of Rawlings. Italian Villa. Razed.
11. LaVale Toll House (1835–1836). 14302 National Highway.
12. Combs Log House (c. 1810). 19101 Ocean Hill Road. Razed.15519 Old Coney Cemetery Rd.
13. John Van Buskirk House (c. 1790). 15519 Old Coney Cemetery Road.
14. Henry Koontz House (1826). 14816 Old Legislative Road.
15. Log House. Old Legislative Road, south of Woodland. Razed.
16. John Barncord Log House (c. 1825). Patty Baker Road, east of Mount Savage. Razed.
17. Curtin Graham House (1871). Prichard Farm Road, west of Wright's Crossing. Italianate. Razed.
18. Lowndes House (1787/1890s). 16012 Rawlings Lane. Colonial Revival. Razed.
19. Phoenix Mill Farm / John Smouse House (c. 1845). 14701 Smouse's Mill Road. Greek Revival.
20. House (c. 1840). Uhl Highway, southeast of State Route 51. Razed.
21. George Robinette House (c. 1845). 11507 Wilson Road.

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