Grahamtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located at the southeast edge of Frostburg. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 364.[2] It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Grahamtown, Maryland
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 39°38′46″N 78°55′19″W
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Allegany
Area [1]
• Total	0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2)
• Land	0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,880 ft (570 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	368
• Density	2,405.23/sq mi (930.01/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
FIPS code	24-34425
GNIS feature ID	2583634

Demographics

Etymology

The town takes its name from Curtis M Graham, who married Susanna Wright, Grand-daughter Of Henry Wright a colonial settler of The area. Curtis owned a farmhouse at this site, surrounded by several small service buildings in the 1880s. A fire gutted the farmhouse in 1995, leaving only an uninhabited shell. Grahamtown is also known as Wright's Crossing, marking the point where Maryland Route 36 crosses Welsh Hill. Wright’s Crossing gets its name from The Wright Farm, a large holding which was owned by Henry Wright a colonial settler of Allegany County. This farm, the centerpoint Of Wright’s Crossing , was originally part of a large colonial estate called Walnut Level.[4][5]

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