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Oakland, Maryland

Index Oakland, Maryland

Oakland is a town in the west-central part of Garrett County, Maryland. [1]

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Amish

The Amish (Pennsylvania German: Amisch, Amische) are a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German Anabaptist origins.

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Antique shop

An antique shop (or antiques shop) is a retail store specializing in the selling of antiques.

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Area codes 240 and 301

North American area codes 240 and 301 are telephone area codes for the western half of Maryland.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station (Oakland)

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, Oakland is a historic railroad station located at Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland.

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Bank

A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates credit.

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Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893.

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Bookselling

Bookselling is the commercial trading of books which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process.

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British Americans

British Americans usually refers to Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).

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Buckwheat

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), also known as common buckwheat, Japanese buckwheat and silverhull buckwheat, is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop.

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Cearfoss, Maryland

Cearfoss is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northwestern Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary in the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia.

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Christmas and holiday season

The Christmas season, also called the festive season, or the holiday season (mainly in the U.S. and Canada; often simply called the holidays),, is an annually recurring period recognized in many Western and Western-influenced countries that is generally considered to run from late November to early January.

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Christmas tree

A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as spruce, pine, or fir or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas.

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Courthouse

A courthouse (sometimes spelled court house) is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities.

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Crellin, Maryland

Crellin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Garrett County, Maryland, United States, with a population of 264 as of the 2010 census.

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Darvin Moon

Darvin Moon (born October 1, 1963) is an American self-employed logger and amateur poker player who was the runner-up of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) US$10,000 no-limit Texas hold'em Main Event.

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Deep Creek Lake

Deep Creek Lake is the largest inland body of water in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Dutch Americans

Dutch Americans are Americans of Dutch descent whose ancestors came from the Netherlands in the recent or distant past.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

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English Americans

English Americans, also referred to as Anglo-Americans, are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England, a country that is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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French Americans

French Americans (French: Franco-Américains) are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full or partial French or French Canadian heritage, ethnicity, and/or ancestral ties.

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Garrett County Courthouse

The Garrett County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland, United States.

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Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County (gərɛt) is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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German Americans

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry.

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Gormania, West Virginia

Gormania is an unincorporated community along the North Branch Potomac River in Grant County, West Virginia.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897).

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Hoye Site

Hoye Site or Hoye Prehistoric Indian Village site, is an archaeological site near Oakland in Garrett County, Maryland.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate (Köppen prefix D and a third letter of a or b) is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, which is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) winters.

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Hungarian Americans

Hungarian Americans (Hungarian: amerikai magyarok) are Americans of Hungarian descent.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani or italo-americani) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans who have ancestry from Italy.

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James A. Garfield

James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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List of counties in Maryland

There are twenty-four counties and county-equivalents in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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List of Presidents of the United States

The President of the United States is the elected head of state and head of government of the United States.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Maryland Route 135

Maryland Route 135 (MD 135) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 39

Maryland Route 39 (MD 39) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 495

Maryland Route 495 (MD 495) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 560

Maryland Route 560 (MD 560) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 58

Maryland Route 58 (MD 58) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maurice Brookhart

Maurice S. Brookhart is a Professor of Chemistry (2015 to the present) in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Houston.

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McHenry, Maryland

McHenry is a small community located in Garrett County, Maryland on the northern most shore of Deep Creek Lake.

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Media in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is home to the first commercial radio station in the United States, KDKA 1020AM; the first community-sponsored television station in the United States, WQED 13; the first "networked" television station and the first station in the country to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, KDKA 2; and the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Mountain Lake Park, Maryland

Mountain Lake Park is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, in the United States.

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Municipal corporation

A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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Museum

A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

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National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.

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New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States 1933-36, in response to the Great Depression.

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New Order Amish

The New Order Amish are a subgroup of Amish which is close to the Old Order Amish.

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Oakland Historic District (Oakland, Maryland)

Oakland Historic District is a national historic district in Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland.

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the science and technique of preparing and dispensing drugs.

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Plaza

A plaza, pedestrian plaza, or Place is an open urban public space, such as a city square.

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Polish Americans

Polish Americans are Americans who have total or partial Polish ancestry.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Post office

A post office is a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Redhouse, Maryland

Redhouse is an unincorporated community in Garrett County, Maryland, United States, located at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 219 near the West Virginia state line.

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Scotch-Irish Americans

Scotch-Irish (or Scots-Irish) Americans are American descendants of Presbyterian and other Ulster Protestant Dissenters from various parts of Ireland, but usually from the province of Ulster, who migrated during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Scottish Americans

Scottish Americans or Scots Americans (Scottish Gaelic: Ameireaganaich Albannach; Scots-American) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Scotland.

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Section of Painting and Sculpture

The Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture (later known as the Section of Fine Arts), commonly known as the Section, was established in 1934 and administered by the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury.

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Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports.

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Swanton, Maryland

Swanton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Garrett County, Maryland, United States.

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Swedish Americans

Swedish Americans (Svenskamerikaner) are an American ethnic group of people who have ancestral roots from Sweden.

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Swiss Americans

Swiss Americans are Americans of Swiss descent.

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Terra Alta, West Virginia

Terra Alta is a town and former coal town in Preston County, West Virginia, United States.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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Train

A train is a form of transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers.

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Train station

A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility or area where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.

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U.S. Route 219 in Maryland

U.S. Route 219 (US 219) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Rich Creek, Virginia to West Seneca, New York.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and the 18th President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the government of the United States.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States post office murals

United States post office murals are notable examples of New Deal art produced during the years 1934–43.

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University of North Carolina

The University of North Carolina is a multi-campus public university system composed of all 16 of North Carolina's public universities, as well as the NC School of Science and Mathematics, the nation's first public residential high school for gifted students.

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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Welsh Americans

Welsh Americans are an American ethnic group whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Wales.

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Wisp Ski Resort

Wisp Resort is the only four-season downhill ski resort in Maryland.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2009 World Series of Poker

The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_Maryland

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