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Cumberland is a city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States. At the 2020 census , the city had a population of 19,075. [ 4 ] Located on the Potomac River , Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia .
Cumberland City Hall is a historic city hall in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It was built between 1911 and 1912 and replaced the Cumberland, Maryland City Hall & Academy of Music. It is a 7-by-7-bay, two-story, stone-faced, neo-classical structure.
Mayors of Cumberland, Maryland (1816–present): (01) 1816–1823: John Scott (02) 1823–1824: Samuel Magill established the first newspaper in Cumberland the Allegany Freeman published weekly from 1813 to 1816 (See, Lowdermilk, page 301) (03) 1824–1835: Roger Perry (04) 1835–1836: John Gephart (05) 1836–1837: John Write
Cumberland, Maryland, is one of more than 70 places that have paid people to relocate over the past five years. Maryland city offers $20,000 to relocate to former manufacturing hub Skip to main ...
Jan. 5—CUMBERLAND, Md. — W. Shannon Adams was sworn in Tuesday evening at City Hall as fire chief for the city of Cumberland. Adams has been serving as interim fire chief since former Chief ...
Today, the population of the Cumberland area has stabilized, with a small decline in the city's population due primarily to sprawling of residents into the rural areas outside the city limits. Many service-related industries have emerged over the past 20 years, particularly in the areas of tourism and entertainment, focusing around Cumberland's ...
In 1789, the Allegany County Court was created by Act of the Maryland General Assembly.As part of the Act, Washington County had been subdivided and Allegany County, a name derived from the Indian word "Oolikhanna," meaning beautiful stream, was formed.
The Academy of Music (1874-1910) was a civic theater and the first city hall for the city of Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland.It was a grand building with 18-inch (460 mm) thick walls, 78 feet (24 m) high from street to roof crest, and was 140 feet (43 m) high to the top of the tower.