Sabillasville is an

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and

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in Frederick County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 354. The Victor Cullen School Power House was listed on the

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in 1987 and the Victor Cullen Center, Old Administration Building was listed in 1990.

History

The first European settlers to arrive in the vicinity of Sabillasville were Swiss immigrants in the late-1750s. Among the earliest settlers was Peter Zollinger (or Zullinger), who owned the land on which the present-day village is located. In 1813, the village was laid out by Andrew Smith and named Sabillasville in honor of Savilla Zollinger (wife of Peter). In 1872, the

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reached Sabillasville on its line leading from

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to Hagerstown and the surrounding area soon developed into a summer resort called Pen Mar (a portmanteau of Pennsylvania and Maryland).

Geography

The town is located in the northwest corner of Frederick County at an elevation of above sea level, in the Harbaugh Valley, between South Mountain to the northwest and Wertenbaker Hill to the southeast. Route 550 passes through the town, leading northwest to

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, and southeast to Thurmont. According to the

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, the Sabillasville CDP has an area of , all land.

Demographics

References

Census-designated places in Frederick County, Maryland Census-designated places in Maryland {{FrederickCountyMD-geo-stub