Rawlings, Maryland

Rawlings, Maryland
Census-designated place
Mayor: James Zapf
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Coordinates: 39°32′20″N 78°52′40″W / 39.53889°N 78.87778°W / 39.53889; -78.87778
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Allegany
Area [1]
• Total	0.90 sq mi (2.32 km2)
• Land	0.89 sq mi (2.31 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation [2]	866 ft (264 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	687
• Density	769.32/sq mi (297.00/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	21557
FIPS code	24-65150
GNIS feature ID	2583680[2]

Rawlings is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, on the McMullen Highway (U.S. Route 220). As of the 2010 census, the Rawlings CDP had a population of 693.^[3]

The community was named after Moses Rawlings, an officer in the Revolutionary War.^[4] It was originally known as "Rawlings Station" after a post office was established on the railroad there on March 7, 1856.