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Porters

Ghost town · Allegany County, Maryland

Frostburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1898, 1:62,500)
Frostburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1898, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Porters is a ghost town in Allegany County, Maryland. It is one of 6 former communities in Allegany County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 24 Maryland counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Porters as a historical populated place on the Lonaconing topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.5376° N, 78.8803° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLonaconing
Elevation720 ft
Nearest living townRawlings, MD
Distance to it0.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1713441
Coordinates39.53759, -78.88030

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What's there now

Porters is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rawlings, MD (population 404), about 0.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 720 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Porters?

Porters is in Allegany County, Maryland, at 39.5376, -78.8803.

How many ghost towns are in Allegany County?

Allegany County, Maryland has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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