Clarysville, Maryland Explained

Clarysville, Maryland
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA Maryland#USA
Pushpin Label:Clarysville
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the State of Maryland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Allegany
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.30
Area Land Km2:0.30
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.12
Area Land Sq Mi:0.12
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:67
Population Density Km2:221.28
Population Density Sq Mi:572.65
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:1506
Coordinates:39.6419°N -78.8889°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:21532[2]
Area Code:240 and 301
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:24-17475
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2583599

Clarysville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 73.[3]

It is located along U.S. Route 40 Alternate at its intersection with Maryland Route 55. Frostburg is 2miles to the west, and Cumberland is 7miles to the east along Route 40 Alt.

Clarysville was known around the region for the Clarysville Inn, a historic building which stood from 1807 until it burned in 1999.[4] During the American Civil War, the inn served as a military hospital, treating wounded soldiers.[5]

The exit of the Hoffman drainage tunnel, constructed to drain several coal mines, is near Clarysville.

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. April 26, 2022.
  2. Web site: Clarysville MD ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. April 18, 2023.
  3. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Clarysville CDP, Maryland. https://archive.today/20200212175707/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2417475. dead. February 12, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. May 23, 2013.
  4. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdallegh/Photos-old/clary.html Cumberland Times-News Articles, March 10-11, 1999
  5. http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?MarkerID=441 Clarysville General Hospital