Pinto is an

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along the

North Branch Potomac River The North Branch Potomac River flows from Fairfax Stone in West Virginia to its confluence with the South Branch Potomac River near Green Spring, West Virginia, where it turns into the Potomac River proper. Course From the Fairfax Stone, the ...

in Allegany County,

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, United States across from Rocket Center,

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. While the town is officially named Potomac, its

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is referred to as Pinto because there already exists a Potomac, Maryland. Pinto is located south of Cresaptown on Winchester Road. Pinto once had a sizable apple orchard industry.

References

Unincorporated communities in Allegany County, Maryland Unincorporated communities in Maryland Populated places in the Cumberland, MD-WV MSA Cumberland, MD-WV MSA Populated places on the North Branch Potomac River {{AlleganyCountyMD-geo-stub