Oldtown, Maryland
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Oldtown is a small city in Allegany County, Maryland along the North Branch Potomac River. It was established in 1741 and named "Old Town" because it was the former site of an ancient Native American village. The settlement was originally called "Shawansese Oldtown", but in later years the explanatory prefix was dropped from the name and the place because known simply as Oldtown.[1]
A post office was established here on May 26, 1870. Oldtown is connected by a one-lane low water toll bridge to Green Spring in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
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[edit] References
- ^ William Harrison Lowdermilk, "History of Cumberland, Md", Harvard University, 1878, page 19
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