Cumberland is a city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 19,075 at the 2020 census. Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. It is the primary city of the Cumberland micropolitan area, which had 95,044 residents in 2020.
Mid-Atlantic
Cumberland
Allegany County, MD
Population
19,041
Walk Score
92 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$712
Median home value
$119,500
Founded
1787
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Canada Historic District
- Chapel Hill Historic District · listed 2005
- Decatur Heights Historic District · listed 2005
- Downtown Cumberland Historic District · listed 1983
- Dumbhundred Historic District
- Greene Street Historic District · listed 2005
- Hinkle Farm Group
- Inns on the National Road · listed 1976
- Rolling Mill Historic District · listed 2008
- Washington Street Historic District · listed 1973
Notable landmarks
- 16 Altamont Terrace · listed 1975
- 200-208 Decatur Street · listed 1975
- African Methodist Episcopal Church · listed 1979
- Barton Village Site · listed 1975
- Bell Tower Building · listed 1973
- B'er Chayim Temple · listed 1979
- Big Bottom Farm · listed 1984
- Butler, Wright, House · listed 1978
- Canada Hose Company Building · listed 1979
- City Hall · listed 1973
- Clover Hill Farm (AL-III-C-068)
- Cumberland YMCA · listed 1997
- Emmanuel Church
- First Baptist Church · listed 1980
- Folck's Mill · listed 2008
- Footer's Dye Works · listed 2013
- Haley, Francis, House · listed 1982
- Klots Throwing Company Mill · listed 2010
- Koon, Thomas, House · listed 1982
- Lippold Stone Farmhouse
- Narrows, The
- Phoenix Mill Farm · listed 1977
- Public Safety Building · listed 1973
- Site of the Western Terminus of the C & O Canal
- Sumner Cemetery
- …and 4 more
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