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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 .
As of 2000, The City of Cumberland had a population of 21,591 and the surrounding area had a population of 102,008. Allegany and Mineral are mountainous, mostly rural areas. According to the 2000 census, more than 45 percent of the people living in the Cumberland region live in rural and non-incorporated areas.
Cumberland, Maryland is named after the son of King George II, Prince William, the Duke of Cumberland. It is built on the site of the old Fort Cumberland , a launch pad for British General Edward Braddock 's ill-fated attack on the stronghold of Fort Duquesne , located on the site of present-day Pittsburgh during the French and Indian War .
The most recent county formation in Maryland occurred in 1872 when Garrett County was split from Allegany County. [2] However, there have been numerous changes to county borders since that time, most recently when portions of the city of Takoma Park that had previously been part of Prince George's County were absorbed into Montgomery County in 1997.
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 ]
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 ...
The Washington Street Historic District is a national historic district named after George Washington in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. It is an approximately 35-acre (140,000 m 2) residential area to the west of downtown Cumberland and consists primarily of six blocks of Washington Street. It contains large-scale 19th- and 20th-century ...
Cumberland, Md., isn’t a town that might normally ping people’s radars. It sits just south of the Maryland-Pennsylvania border and is roughly two and a half hours away from Washington, D.C ...