| Crellin, Maryland | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maryland#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Crellin |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Maryland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Garrett |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.82 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.82 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.70 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.70 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 210 |
| Population Density Km2: | 115.50 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 299.15 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2382 |
| Coordinates: | 39.3886°N -79.4686°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 21550 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 24-20500 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583602 |
Crellin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Garrett County, Maryland, United States, with a population of 264 as of the 2010 census.[2]
Crellin was built as a company town, having been home to a large coal mining and lumber operation at the turn of the 20th century. The Preston Railroad, which had been named for Preston County, West Virginia, which the railroad crossed into several times along its route, was also headquartered in Crellin, but closed down in the late 1950s. While the town survives today, very little remains to show that the original lumbering, mining, and railroad operations ever existed.
Crellin is located in western Garrett County, just east of the Maryland–West Virginia border. The community is in the valley of the Youghiogheny River and is built into a loop of Snowy Creek where the creek joins the Youghiogheny. Maryland Route 39 (Hutton Road) leads east 4miles to Oakland, the Garrett County seat, and northwest 3miles to Corinth, West Virginia. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Crellin CDP has an area of 1.82sqkm, all of it land.[3]