Bakersville, Maryland

Bakersville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 30 as of the 2010 census.[1]

Bakersville, Maryland
Unincorporated community
Bakersville, Maryland
Bakersville, Maryland
Coordinates: 39°30′53″N 77°45′27″W
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountyWashington
Area
 • Total0.051 sq mi (0.13 km2)
 • Land0.051 sq mi (0.13 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
423 ft (129 m)
Population
 • Total30
 • Density590/sq mi (230/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)240 & 301
GNIS feature ID589683[2]

History

Bakersville is an historic rural crossroads community located where one of the earliest east-west roads through western Maryland crossed the main north-south road from the Sharpsburg area. The region known as Carey's Crossroads for a then prominent landowner George Carey, had become central to the mostly German settlement taking place in southeast Washington County during the mid to late 18th century. The immigrants followed various denominations of the Christian faith and about 1800 joined together to erect a union meeting house to be shared by the different groups, primarily Lutheran, German Reformed and Methodist Episcopal. The church and graveyard were built on land provided by George Carey (Garrick).[3] In 1823 the group had outgrown the log church and a stone sanctuary and schoolhouse was built to replace it. The population had grown enough for the churches to separate by 1854 and Salem Lutheran Church was built as it stands today. The cemetery of Salem Lutheran holds the remains of many prominent early residents. Bakersville was once home to a store, post office, doctor's office and grist mill. 19th century census records list many C&O Canal workers and boatmen in the village and surrounding area. Today, Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church and cemetery is the only public entity remaining along with the several remaining older homes making up the rural village.[4]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 0.051 square miles (0.13 km2), all land.[1]

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References
  1. "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  2. "Bakersville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. Wash. Co. MD. Land Records Libre T, folio 825
  4. Wentz. Centennial History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Maryland 1820-1920,.



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