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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Cumberland (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cumberland. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Cumberland is located in Allegany County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Maryland's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Allegany County: Garrett, Washington, Bedford (PA), Fulton (PA), Somerset (PA), Hampshire (WV), Mineral (WV) & Morgan (WV).

Below are the counties that are near Cumberland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cumberland:

  • Allegany County     (The home county of Cumberland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
    • Shanty Town ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shanty Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
      • Shanty Town is located in Allegany County
    • La Vale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Corriganville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corriganville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriganville
      • Corriganville is located in Allegany County
    • Ellerslie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellerslie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
      • Ellerslie is located in Allegany County
    • Barrelville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Brady
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brady. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
      • Brady is located in Allegany County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brady
      • From Cumberland to Brady
    • Cresaptown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Gap
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gap
      • Spring Gap is located in Allegany County
    • Clarysville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mount Savage
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Savage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Savage
      • Mount Savage is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Savage <2>
    • Eckhart Mines
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Loarville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Garrett County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
    • Pearre
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pearre. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearre
      • Pearre is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pearre
      • From Cumberland to Pearre
    • Hancock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Bedford County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
    • Cooks Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Stringtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hyndman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyndman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndman
      • Hyndman is located in Bedford County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyndman <2>
    • Beans Cove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beans Cove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Cove
      • Beans Cove is located in Bedford County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Beans Cove
      • From Cumberland to Beans Cove
    • Rainsburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
      • Rainsburg is located in Bedford County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Kegg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kegg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegg
      • Kegg is located in Bedford County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kegg
      • From Cumberland to Kegg
    • Purcell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Manns Choice
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manns Choice have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Choice
      • Manns Choice is located in Bedford County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manns Choice <2>
    • Charlesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Robinsonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bedford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
      • Bedford is located in Bedford County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,667 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedford <2>
    • Ott Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ott Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott Town
      • Ott Town is located in Bedford County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ott Town
      • From Cumberland to Ott Town
  • Somerset County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
    • Wellersburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wellersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellersburg
      • Wellersburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wellersburg
      • From Cumberland to Wellersburg
    • Wittenberg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairhope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Callimont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Callimont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callimont
      • Callimont is located in Somerset County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
    • Johnsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
      • Johnsburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnsburg <2>
    • Glade City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glade City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade City
      • Glade City is located in Somerset County (PA)
    • Hays Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Boynton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Meyersdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • West Meyersdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Salisbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • West Salisbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Frederick County (VA)
    • Good
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Good. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
      • Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Good
      • From Cumberland to Good
  • Hampshire County (WV)
  • Mineral County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
    • Carpendale
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpendale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
      • Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
    • Ridgeley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Wiley Ford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wiley Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley Ford
      • Wiley Ford is located in Mineral County (WV)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wiley Ford <2>
    • Short Gap
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fort Ashby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Ashby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ashby
      • Fort Ashby is located in Mineral County (WV)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Ashby <2>
    • Headsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Headsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
      • Headsville is located in Mineral County (WV)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Headsville
      • From Cumberland to Headsville
    • Keyser
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Piedmont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Burlington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • New Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk Garden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Garden
      • Elk Garden is located in Mineral County (WV)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Garden <2>
    • Sulphur City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
      • Sulphur City is located in Mineral County (WV)
  • Morgan County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
    • Hansrote
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hansrote. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansrote
      • Hansrote is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hansrote
      • From Cumberland to Hansrote
    • Magnolia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Paw Paw
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Doe Gully
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doe Gully. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
      • Doe Gully is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Doe Gully
      • From Cumberland to Doe Gully
    • Orleans Cross Roads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Woodmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodmont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmont
      • Woodmont is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Woodmont
      • From Cumberland to Woodmont
    • Bath
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Bath is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
    • Berkeley Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Berryville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Oakland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Oakland is located in Morgan County (WV)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Oakland
      • From Cumberland to Oakland
    • Hancock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cumberland, see our County-by-County Page for Cumberland.

Cemeteries Near Cumberland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cumberland.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cumberland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cumberland had a population of 12,729 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Cumberland had a population of 19,131 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.

  • Ridgeley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mount Savage Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Savage Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Savage Junction
    • Mount Savage Junction is located in Allegany County
  • Kreigbaum
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kreigbaum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreigbaum
    • Kreigbaum is located in Allegany County
  • Corriganville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corriganville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriganville
    • Corriganville is located in Allegany County
  • Ellerslie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellerslie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
    • Ellerslie is located in Allegany County
  • Cresaptown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brady
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brady. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
    • Brady is located in Allegany County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Brady
    • From Cumberland to Brady
  • Seymour
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
    • Seymour is located in Mineral County (WV)
  • Barrelville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • State Line
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Line have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
    • State Line is located in Bedford County (PA)
  • Patterson Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patterson Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Creek
    • Patterson Creek is located in Mineral County (WV)
  • Hazen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
    • Hazen is located in Allegany County
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    • Cooks Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Clarysville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pinto
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
      • Pinto is located in Allegany County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pinto
      • From Cumberland to Pinto

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cumberland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cumberland.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cumberland ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cumberland.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cumberland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cumberland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cumberland.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<7> of Cumberland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cumberland:

The official website for Cumberland: www.ci.cumberland.md.us/

The official website for Allegany County: www.gov.allconet.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cumberland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cumberland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cumberland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6522, Longitude: -78.7589    









 

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