Clarysville is an

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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 73. It is located along

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at its intersection with Maryland Route 55.

Frostburg Frostburg is a city in Allegany County, Maryland. It is located at the head of the Georges Creek Valley, west of Cumberland. The town is one of the first cities on the "National Road", US 40, and the western terminus of the Western Maryland ...

is to the west, and

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is to the east along Route 40 Alt. Clarysville was known around the region for the Clarysville Inn, a historic building which stood from 1807 until it burned in 1999.Cumberland Times-News Articles, March 10-11, 1999
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, the inn served as a military hospital, treating wounded soldiers.Clarysville General Hospital
/ref> The exit of the Hoffman drainage tunnel, constructed to drain several coal mines, is near Clarysville.

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Census-designated places in Allegany County, Maryland Census-designated places in Maryland Populated places in the Cumberland, MD-WV MSA Cumberland, MD-WV MSA {{AlleganyCountyMD-geo-stub