unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
Maryland
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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 71.
Detmold is in western Allegany County along
Maryland Route 36
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, which leads north to
Frostburg
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and south to
Westernport
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. The town is in the valley of
Georges Creek Georges Creek may refer to:
Places Australia
*Georges Creek (Armidale Dumaresq), a tributary of the Macleay River in New South Wales
In the United States
* Maryland:
**George's Creek, Maryland, unincorporated community in Allegany County
**Georges ...
between two high ridges:
Big Savage Mountain
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to the northwest, and Dans Mountain to the southeast.
The town is named for Christian Edward Detmold of Lonaconing Iron Furnace fame. It is south of Lonaconing, along Route 36. It had a population of 71 in 2010.