Bowling Green is an unincorporated community and

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(CDP) in Allegany County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,077. It is located along

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(McMullen Highway), directly southwest of the city of

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and includes the former community of Roberts. The CDP of Potomac Park borders Bowling Green to the south, the

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is to the east and Haystack Mountain is to the west. For many years, the community was mostly farmland but was later divided into building lots by the Buchanan, Roberts and Long families.

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railroad tracks skirt the community along the river; in earlier years, a predecessor maintained the Roberts train station, which has since been closed. The Upper Potomac Industrial Park is located in the northern part of the community, close to Cumberland.

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Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Department
Census-designated places in Allegany County, Maryland Populated places in the Cumberland, MD-WV MSA Census-designated places in Maryland Cumberland, MD-WV MSA Populated places on the North Branch Potomac River {{AlleganyCountyMD-geo-stub