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Rawlings is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, on the McMullen Highway (U.S. Route 220). As of the 2010 census, the Rawlings CDP had a population of 693.[3]

The community was named after Moses Rawlings, an officer in the Revolutionary War.[4] It was originally known as "Rawlings Station" after a post office was established on the railroad there on March 7, 1856.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020687
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rawlings, Maryland
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rawlings CDP, Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). Maryland, a Guide to the Old Line State. WPA. p. 517. ISBN 978-1-62376-019-9.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.