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Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Marylandmarker. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 74,930. Its county seat is Cumberlandmarker. The name Allegany comes from a local Native American word, oolikhanna, which means "beautiful stream." A number of counties in the Appalachianmarker region of the United Statesmarker are named Allegany, Allegheny or Alleghany.

History

The western part of Maryland (including the present Allegany County) was incorporated into Prince George's Countymarker in 1696. This county included six current counties, and by repeated splitting, new ones were generated: Frederickmarker from Prince George's in 1748; and Montgomerymarker and Washingtonmarker from Frederick in 1776.[7718]

Allegany County was formed in 1789 by the splitting of Washington Countymarker. At the time it was the westernmost county in Maryland, but a later (1872) split produced Garrett Countymarker, the current westernmost county.

The county has a number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places.

Law and government

Allegany County was granted a home rule form of government in 1974.

Transportation



Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 430 square miles (1,113 km²), of which, 425 square miles (1,102 km²) of it is land and 4 square miles (11 km²) of it (1.02%) is water.

Adjacent Counties



National protected areas



Significant Topographic Features



Major highways



Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 74,930 people, 29,322 households, and 18,883 families residing in the county. The population density was 176 people per square mile (68/km²). There were 32,984 housing units at an average density of 78 per square mile (30/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 93.02% White, 5.35% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 29.0% were of German, 16.7% United Statesmarker or American, 12.8% Irish, 10.7% English and 5.3% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 29,322 households out of which 26.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.60% were married couples living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.60% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the county the population was spread out with 20.60% under the age of 18, 11.20% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,821, and the median income for a family was $39,886. Males had a median income of $31,316 versus $21,334 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,780. About 9.70% of families and 14.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.70% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns



This county contains the following incorporated municipalities:

In Total: 7

Occupying a middle ground between incorporated and unincorporated areas are Special Tax Districts, quasi-municipal unincorporated areas created by legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly.[7719] They lack home rule authority and must petition the General Assembly for changes affecting the authority of the district. There are eight Special Tax Districts in the county:
  1. Bel Airmarker (1965)
  2. Bowling Greenmarker and Robert's Place (1972)
  3. Cresaptownmarker (1949)
  4. Ellersliemarker (1963)
  5. La Valemarker Sanitary District (1947)
  6. McCoolemarker (1965)
  7. Mount Savagemarker (1950)
  8. Potomac Parkmarker Addition (1947)


Unincorporated areas are also considered as towns by many people and listed in many collections of towns, but they lack local government. Various organizations, such as the United States Census Bureau, the United States Postal Service, and local chambers of commerce, define the communities they wish to recognize differently, and since they are not incorporated, their boundaries have no official status outside the organizations in question. The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated places in the county:

  1. Cresaptown-Bel Airmarker (a combination of the communities of Cresaptownmarker and Bel Airmarker recognized as a unit by the Census Bureau)
  2. La Valemarker


Other unincorporated areas include:
  1. Amcellemarker
  2. Barrelvillemarker
  3. Biermarker
  4. Borden Shaftmarker
  5. Carlosmarker
  6. Clarysvillemarker
  7. Corriganvillemarker
  8. Danville
  9. Dawsonmarker
  10. Detmoldmarker
  11. Dickensmarker
  12. Eckhart Minesmarker
  13. Evitts Creekmarker
  14. Flintstonemarker
  15. George's Creekmarker
  16. Gilmore
  17. Klondikemarker
  18. Little Orleansmarker
  19. Midlothianmarker
  20. McKenziemarker
  21. Moscowmarker
  22. Mount Savagemarker
  23. Narrows Parkmarker
  24. Nikepmarker
  25. Oldtownmarker
  26. Pekinmarker
  27. Pintomarker
  28. Rawlingsmarker
  29. Shaftmarker
  30. Spring Gapmarker
  31. Town Creekmarker
  32. Vale Summitmarker
  33. Woodlandmarker
  34. Zihlmanmarker


Colleges and universities



Notable residents



Debbie Phelps, mother of Michael Phelps, is from Allegany County.

Mountains

The following Mountains are in Allegany County:



Mineral Resources

The primary mineral resources extracted for use in Allegany County are coal, iron, sandstone,and limestone. Coal bearing formations are concentrated in the Georges Creek Basin in thewestern part of the county.

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