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Cumberland

city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States
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Summary

Cumberland is a city in the United States[1]. Cumberland ranks in the top 5% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,335 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Maryland Municipal League[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Allegany County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6]
  • Named after: Prince William, Duke of Cumberland[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Tapa Rural Municipality[8]
  • Postal code: 21501[9], 21502[10], 21503[11], 21504[12], 21505[13]
  • Commons category: Cumberland, Maryland[14]
  • Inception: 1787[15]
  • Coordinate location: 39.65277777777778, -78.7625[16]
  • Official website: http://www.ci.cumberland.md.us/[17], https://www.cumberlandmd.gov/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cumberland, Maryland[19]
  • Population: 20,859[20], 21,518[21], 23,712[22], 19,076[23]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Cumberland, Maryland[24]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], The New Student's Reference Work[26]
  • Capital of: Allegany County[27]
  • Official name: Cumberland[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Cumberland, Maryland[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Cumberland, Maryland[30]
  • Number of households: 8279[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Cumberland, Maryland[32]
  • Different from: Cumberland[33]
  • Elevation above sea level: 191[34]
  • Area: 26.171148[35], 26.302081[36]
  • Köppen climate classification: humid subtropical climate[37]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Cumberland include Greater Cumberland Regional Airport[38], an airport[39], in United States[40].

Why It Matters

Cumberland has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Cumberland is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for Cumberland include Greater Cumberland Regional Airport[38], an airport[39], in United States[40].

Related Entities

Eddie Deezen Prince William, Duke of Cumberland United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Cumberland
    Country → United States
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