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Frostburg is a city in Allegany County, Maryland.It is located at the head of the Georges Creek Valley, 8 miles (13 km) west of Cumberland.The town is one of the first cities on the "National Road", US 40, and the western terminus of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.
The Frostburg Historic District is a national historic district in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. It comprises 356 resources within the city of Frostburg, along U.S. Route 40, which forms the main axis of the district. Included are a collection of early-20th century commercial buildings, primarily of brick construction, two or three ...
The Borden Mines Superintendent's House was built in 1850 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland.The Italianate style villa was built for Albert C. Green, first superintendent of the Borden Mining Company, one of the oldest mining companies in the United States.
Western Maryland, also known as the Maryland panhandle or Mountain Maryland, [1] ... Frostburg (9,002) Westernport (1,888) Garrett County: Mountain Lake Park (2,092)
Map of the United States with Maryland highlighted. Maryland is a state located in the Southern United States. [1] As of the 2020 United States census, Maryland is the 18th-most populous state with 6,177,224 inhabitants and the ninth-smallest by land area, spanning 9,707.24 square miles (25,141.6 km 2) of land. [2]
Hocking House is a historic home in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, three-bay, hip-roofed dwelling, built about 1855 in the transitional Greek Revival-Italianate architecture style. The land on which the home stands was part of the estate of Robert Clarke Sr., one of the original settlers of the ...
The road continued toward today's LaVale Plaza and ascended to the Clarysville Inn, an important wagon stand and stage house between LaVale, Maryland and Frostburg, Maryland. The National Highway (modern day U.S. Route 40 ) was later routed around Haystack Mountain through the Cumberland Narrows .
In western Maryland, the higher elevations of Allegany and Garrett counties—including the cities of Cumberland, Frostburg, and Oakland—display more characteristics of the humid continental zone, due in part to elevation. They fall under USDA Hardiness zones 6b and below.