498/Maryland Manual
ALLEGANY COUNTY

County Seat: Cumberland 21502

Origin: The County was erected by Chapter 29,
Acts of 1789, from Washington County.

Name: The name is from the Indian word,
oolikhanna, meaning "beautiful stream."

Form of Government: Code Home Rule (1974)

County Code: See Code of the Public Local Laws of
Allegany County (1984).

Area: 428 sq. miles (427.62 land; .38 water)

Population. 1900: 53,694; 1950: 89,556; 1960:
84,169; 1970: 84,044; 1980: 80,548.

Principal Incorporated Places (1980 census):
Cumberland (25,933), Frostburg (7,715),
Westemport (2,706)

Principal Unincorporated Places (1980 census):
LaVale-Narrows Park (5,523), Cresaptown
(4,645), Potomac Park-Bowling Green (2,275)

Voter Registration, Oct. 8, 1984. Democrat:
20,255; Republican: 20,065; Other Parties: 13;
Decline to Affiliate: 1,641; Total: 41,974.

Per Capita Income (1981 estimated): $5,739

State Parks; Rocky Gap (2,938 acres), Dan's
Mountain (479 acres), Wills Mountain (52 acres)

State Forests and Wildlife Management Areas:
Green Ridge (37,422 acres), Dan's Mountain
(8,670 acres), Warrior Mountain (3,206 acres),
Billmyer (708 acres), Sideling Hill (455 acres),
Belle Grove (358 acres), Savage River (455
acres).

National Parks: C & 0 Canal National Historic
Park (2,707 acres)

Colleges/Universities: Allegany Community
College, Cumberland; Frostburg State College,
Frostburg

Museums/Historical Societies: Allegeny County
Historical Society, 218 Washington Street,
Cumberland 21502

JUDICIAL OFFICES

Circuit Court
Washington St.
Cumberland 21502 Telephone: 777-5922

District Court
Prospect Square
Cumberland 21502 Telephone; 777-2105

Court Terms:

Circuit Court—Grand Jury, first Monday in April
and October; Petit Jury, third Monday in April
and October.

Orphans' Court Days—Tuesdays and Fridays, 9
A.M. - 12:00 noon.

Circuit Court Resident Judges
J. Frederick Sharer, Administrative Judge,
1997; Gary G. Leasure, 1999.

Circuit Court Clerk
Raymond W. Walker, 1986

District Court Judges
Paul J. Stakem, Administrative Judge, 1991;
Miller Bowen, 1991. James S. Stafford,
Administrative Clerk; Agnes Castleman,
Clerk.

Orphans' Court Judges
Rose G. Hay, Chief Judge, 1986; Thomas
G. Kilduff, 1986; George H. Tederick, 1986.

Register of Wills
James M. Roby, 1986

Sheriff
Donald R. Wade, 1986

State's Attorney
Robert W. Hamilton, 1986

District Public Defender
Michael R. Burkey