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Allegany County

Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,106. Its county seat is Cumberland. The name Allegany may come from a local Lenape word, welhik hane or oolikhanna, which means 'best flowing river of the hills' or 'beautiful stream'. A number of counties and a river in the Appalachian region of the U.S. are named Allegany, Allegheny, or Alleghany. Allegany County is part of the Western Maryland region of the state, and is part of the Cumberland metropolitan area.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 166361
FIPS state: 24
FIPS county: 001
FIPS place: 99001
Census record name: COUNTY OF ALLEGANY
Mailing address: 701 KELLY RD, CUMBERLAND 21502