Beaver Creek is an
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 ...
in eastern
Washington County,
Maryland
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, United States. Its population was 251 as of the
2010 census.
It is located southeast of
Hagerstown and north of
Boonsboro near
U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America (a nickname shared with U.S. Route 66), is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid- ...
and
Maryland Route 66. The community is officially included in the
Hagerstown Metropolitan Area (Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area). This town was founded in 1766.
Although Beaver Creek is home to several historic landmarks such as Beaver Creek School and the
Doub's Mill Historic District, most of the community's development has occurred since the 1990s, with new and upscale housing for professionals from Hagerstown and from the
Washington, D.C.
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Metro area.
The area is known for its picturesque countryside with rolling hills and a backdrop of
South Mountain.
Demographics
Gallery
Image:Doub's Mill.jpg, Doub's Mill in Beaver Creek
Image:BeaverCreekChurchRoad.JPG, Beaver Creek Church Road
Image:BeaverCreek.JPG, Beaver Creek
References
Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Maryland
Unincorporated communities in Maryland
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