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Cumberland, Maryland

Part of the Mid-Atlantic Maps Project by Conemaugh.

Cumberland is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland. It is the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,076. Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia.

Historically Cumberland was known as the "Queen City", as it was once the second largest in the state. Because of its strategic location on what became known as the Cumberland Road through the Appalachians, after the American Revolution it served as a historical outfitting and staging point for westward emigrant trail migrations throughout the first half of the 1800s. In this role, it supported the settlement of the Ohio Country and the lands in that latitude of the Louisiana Purchase. It also became an industrial center, served by major roads, railroads, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which connected Cumberland to Washington, D.C. and is now a national historical park. Today, Interstate 68 bisects the town.

The industry declined after World War II, which led much of the later urban, business and technological development in the state has been concentrated in eastern coastal cities. Today the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area is one of the poorest in the United States, ranking 305th out of 318 metropolitan areas in per capita income.

This map includes several communities other than Cumberland in Mineral County, West Virginia.

• Ridgeley, WV
  
• Wiley Ford, WV
  
• Carpendale, WV

Includes:

• Water source: Potomac River, Wills Creek and various other unnamed lakes.
  
• Road connections: I-68 & US-220
  
• Rail connections: CSX Mountain Subdivision, CSX Cumberland Terminal Subdivision and CSX Sand Patch Subdivision
  
• Air connections: one north-south and one east-west line
  
• Ship connections: none

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