Clarysville (Md.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Clarysville (Md.)
Coordinates
-78.8864 -78.8864 39.6419 39.6419 (gooearth )
W0785318 W0785318 N0393833 N0393833 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 131514035
Wikidata: Q3886922
Library of congress: n 96031544
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 39°38ʹ33ʺN 078°53ʹ18ʺW)
  • The Civil War hospitals at Cumberland & Clarysville, Maryland, 1995:t.p. (Clarysville, Maryland)
  • Rand McNally comm. atlas & marketing guide, 1988(Clarysville; Allegany County; mail, Frostburg; Maryland)

Wikipedia description:

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. It is located along U.S. Route 40 Alternate at its intersection with Maryland Route 55. Frostburg is 2 miles (3 km) to the west, and Cumberland is 7 miles (11 km) 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. During the American Civil War, the inn served as a military hospital, treating wounded soldiers. The exit of the Hoffman drainage tunnel, constructed to drain several coal mines, is near Clarysville.

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