| Rawlings, Maryland | |
| Official Name: | Mayor: James Zapf |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maryland#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| 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: | 2.32 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.31 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.90 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.89 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 687 |
| Population Density Km2: | 297.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 769.32 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 866 |
| Coordinates: | 39.5389°N -78.8778°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 21557 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 24-65150 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583680 |
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.[2]
The community was named after Moses Rawlings, an officer in the Revolutionary War.[3] It was originally known as "Rawlings Station" after a post office was established on the railroad there on March 7, 1856.