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Grahamtown, Maryland

Grahamtown, Maryland
Census-designated place
Grahamtown, Maryland is located in Maryland
Grahamtown, Maryland
Location within the State of Maryland
Grahamtown, Maryland is located in the United States
Grahamtown, Maryland
Grahamtown, Maryland (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°38′42″N 78°55′20″W / 39.64500°N 78.92222°W / 39.64500; -78.92222
Country United States
State Maryland
County Allegany
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2)
 • Land0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,900 ft (600 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
368
 • Density2,405.23/sq mi (930.01/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
21532[3]
Area code(s)240 and 301
FIPS code24-34425
GNIS feature ID2583634[2]

Grahamtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located at the southeast edge of Frostburg. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 364.[4] It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020368—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Etymology

The town takes its name from Curtis M Graham, who married Susanna Wright, Granddaughter Of Henry Wright a colonial settler of The area. Curtis owned a farmhouse at this site, surrounded by several small service buildings in the 1880s. A fire gutted the farmhouse in 1995, leaving only an uninhabited shell. Grahamtown is also known as Wright's Crossing, marking the point where Maryland Route 36 crosses Welsh Hill. Wright's Crossing gets its name from The Wright Farm, a large holding which was owned by Henry Wright a colonial settler of Allegany County. This farm, the centerpoint Of Wright's Crossing, was originally part of a large colonial estate called Walnut Level.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grahamtown, Maryland
  3. ^ "Grahamtown MD ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  4. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Grahamtown CDP, Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ Connie Beachy (1999). "Grahamtown & Wright's Crossing". Ancestry.com.
  7. ^ Maryland Historical Trust (2003). "The Wright Farm" (PDF).


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