Allen B. Bryant
Kenneth F. Shifflet
JoAnne Duvall
Karen Abernathy
Daniel S. Braucher
Soil Conservation District
Supervisors
Frederick District
Raymond E. Keilholtz, Chairman 1977
George Nicholson, Vice Chairman 1976
C. Rodman Myers"
Rhea T. Kincaid 1978
Catoctin District
Henry D. Lakin, Sr., Chairman 1978
Daniel C. Poole 1976
Bertram Enfield 1977
Richard R. Hotter 1979
Gaither M. Leatherman
George D. Wood, Extension Agent,
Secretary
GARRETT COUNTY
County Seat: Oakland 21550
Area: 668 sq. miles
Origin of Name of the County:
Named for John W. Garrett, industrialist
and financier. It was created by Chapter 212
of the Acts of 1872.
Population, 1970:
Garrett County ................ 21,476
Dist. 1, Swanton 1,079
Dist. 2, Friendsville and
Selbysport 1,704
Dist. 3, Grantsville 2,517
Dist. 4, Bloomington 895
Dist. 5, Accident 1,071
Dist. 6, Sang Run 974
Dist. 7, East Oakland 1,813
Dist. 8, Ryans Glade 1,565
Dist. 9, Johnsons 890
Dist.10, DeerPark 1,130
Dist. 11, The Elbow 155
Dist. 12, Bittinger 595
Dist. 13, Kitzmillersville 911
Dist. 14, West Oakland 3,443
Dist. 15, Avilton 432
Dist. 16, Mountain Lake Park 2,302
Estimated Population, 1976: 23,300
Court Terms:
Circuit Court — Jury, second Monday in
March and September.
Orphans' Court Days — Every Tuesday.
Courthouse Information Number: 334-3917 |
JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Resident Judge, Circuit Court
Stuart F. Hamill 1977
District Court Judge
Lewis R. Jones 1981
James L. Stafford, Administrative
Clerk
Geraldine Knox, Clerk
Clerk, Circuit Court
Richard L. Davis 1978
State's Attorney
Ralph M. Burnett 1979
Sheriff
John Evans, Jr. 1978
Register of Wills
Joseph H. Welch 1978
Judges, Orphans' Court
Harry P. Collier, Chief Judge 1978
Wilmer W. Margraff 1978
William H. Welch 1978
District Public Defender
Paul J. Stakern
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Board of County Commissioners
Wayne B. Hamilton,
District 3, President 1978
Don S. Bender, Dist. 1 1978
George Clayton Edwards, Dist. 2 1978
W. Marshall Rickert, Administrator
Harold J. Adams, Clerk
Jack R. Turney, Attorney
Treasurer
Arzella Mae Parsons 1979
Supervisor of Assessments
Jerome K. Moyer
Property Tax Assessment
Appeal Board
Jonas E. McKenzie, Chairman 1979
Catherine Eggers 1977
Howard Lester Hunter 1978
Board of Supervisors of Elections
George M. Browning 1977
William R. Bever 1977
Thomas W. Hetz 1977
Director of Civil Defense
George F. Comp, Jr.
Deputy Medical Examiner
James H. Feaster, Jr., M.D.
Health Officer
William W. Pope, M.D.
Board of Governors, Garrett
County Memorial Hospital (92)"
Irvin Feld, Chairman
Kenneth Richmond, Administrator
•i County appointee
»" Consists of the Board of County Commissioners and 8
other members. The County Commissioners serve ex officio.
The remaining members serve 1-year terms (Ch. 25, Acts
of 1950, and Ch. 165, Acts of 195.1). |
