unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
, United States.
Its name is derived from a family which owned a large farm along the river bottom in the area. It is located directly across from the
Allegany Ballistics Laboratory
Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (ABL) located in Rocket Center, West Virginia, is a diverse factory, industrial complex employing some 1,000 people across . The facility is a member of the Federal Laboratory Consortium and is operated by Northr ...
in Rocket Center, West Virginia. The area was formerly a railroad junction of the Patterson Creek Cutoff and the main B&O line. McKenzie is also the site of one of the first settlements in Allegany County. In the fields of the river bottom, arrowheads and flint can be found, suggesting a possible Native American community at one time, similar to the
Barton, Maryland
Barton is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located along the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV MSA, Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 457 at th ...