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2011 Map of Lonaconing

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Lonaconing
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Georges Creek carves through the heart of this Allegany County region, serving as the geographic anchor for a string of industrial-era settlements including Lonaconing, Midland, and Gilmore. The settlement pattern here is dictated by the narrow valley, where residential clusters like Charlestown and Detmold sit tightly between the water and the rising slopes of Jackson Mountain. Significant for family historians, the landscape is dotted with ancestral burial grounds such as Saint Marys Cemetery and the Old Coney Cemetery, alongside smaller family plots like Neff Cemetery and Warner Cemetery.

Transportation and infrastructure are defined by the winding paths of roads like Old Legislative RD SW and the presence of critical water resources such as the Lonaconing Reservoir and Midland-Gilmore Reservoir. To the east, the terrain rises sharply toward the prominent Dans Mountain and Dans Rock, while the southern reaches of the map transition toward the North Branch Potomac River near Danville and Rawlings.