Grahamtown, Maryland

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.[1] It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Grahamtown, Maryland
Census-designated place
Location within the State of Maryland
Grahamtown, Maryland (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°38′46″N 78°55′19″W
Country United States
State Maryland
County Allegany
Area
 • Total0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
 • Land0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
1,880 ft (570 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total364
 • Density2,518/sq mi (972.3/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
FIPS code24-34425
GNIS feature ID2583634

Etymology

The town takes its name from Curtin M Graham, who married Susanna Wright, Grand-daughter Of Henry Wright a colonial settler of The area. Curtin 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 . [2] [3]

References
  1. "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.
  2. Connie Beachy (1999). "Grahamtown & Wright's Crossing". Ancestry.com.
  3. {{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Allegany/AL-V-A-015.pdf%7Ctitle=The Wright Farm|author=Maryland Historical Trust|year=2003|


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