1794Military
Washington returned as President of the United States in 1794 to Cumberland to review troops assembled to thwart the Whiskey Rebellion.
1811Military
Cumberland was the terminus, and namesake, of the Cumberland Road (begun in 1811) that extended westward to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia.
1850History
The 1850 Emmanuel Episcopal Church, standing at the eastern end of the Washington Street Historic District, is one of Maryland's most outstanding examples of early Gothic Reviva...
1864Government
== Education ==
In 1864 the state legislature provided funds, and a structure for obtaining local funds from taxes and private donations for the purpose of funding schools for ...
1865Architecture
Temple B'er Chayim's 1865 Gothic Revival building is one of the oldest surviving synagogue buildings in the United States.
1893History
It was designed in 1893 by local architect Wright Butler.
1912History
In 1912, President Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech from the Cumberland City Hall.
1923Education
In 1923 a new school for blacks was built on Frederick Street.
1936History
The record high is 109 °F (43 °C) set in July 1936 and August 1918, both of which are state record highs, while the record low is −14 °F (−26 °C) set at the current site on Janu...
1941Government
In 1941 an election was held of students and faculty, and the school was renamed George Washington Carver School.
1950Economy
Population trends
Population decline from 1950 to 1990 was due to a string of industrial plant closures.
1955Civil Rights
The schools were integrated in 1955, when 54 African American children attended the white schools.
1956Civil Rights
In 1956, 3 black students became the first to graduate from Allegany County's newly integrated schools.
1965History
William Hunt, The Story of Cumberland, Maryland, 1965, Allegany County Historical Society, Cumberland, MD
== External links ==
Official website
Downtown Cumberland Business ...
1968Economy
Bishop, The Glass Industry of Allegany County, Maryland, 1968, Commercial Press Printing, Cumberland, Maryland.
1972Military
The battle to preserve it was lost when the building was demolished in 1972.
1984History
Co, 1984, ASIN B0006YQW5C
Albert L.
1987Economy
The 1987 closure of the Kelly Springfield Tire Plant marked a turning point, as it was the last major manufacturing plant in the city limits to close its doors.
1994Disaster
1994, Cumberland, MD: Commercial Press, ASIN: B000JVCJAO
Albert Feldstein, The Great Cumberland Floods: Disaster in the Queen City, 2009, The History Press, ISBN 1596296887
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2000Infrastructure
Feldstein, Feldstein's Historic Coal Mining and Railroads of Allegany County, Maryland, Publisher Albert L Feldstein, 2000, ISBN 0-9701605-0-X (This book consists of 135 histori...
2007Infrastructure
In 2007, Forbes ranked the Cumberland Metro as having the 6th-lowest cost of living in the US, based on an index of cost of housing, utilities, transportation and other expendit...
2008Education
Cumberland, A Hometown History, Allegany County High School, Social Studies Department, 2008, Cumberland, Maryland
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2010History
=== 2010 census ===
As of the census of 2010, there were 20,859 people, 9,223 households, and 4,982 families residing in the city.
2011History
Stakem, Cumberland, Then and Now, Arcadia Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-0738586984
James W.
2018History
"Rock" Cioni, Brian R.Lepley, and James Furstenberg, since 2018.
2020History
It is the primary city of the Cumberland micropolitan area, which had 95,044 residents in 2020.
2021Economy
In fiscal year 2021, the city government recognized $46.4 million in revenue, and it incurred $42.2 million of expenses.
2025Government
Cumberland's mayor, as of 2025, is Ray Morriss, who was elected in 2018 after defeating two-term incumbent Brian Grim.