Frostburg, Maryland "Frostburg"
Frostburg, Maryland View of Frostburg from MD 36 near I-68 View of Frostburg from MD 36 near I-68 Official seal of Frostburg, Maryland Location in Maryland Location in Maryland State Maryland Frostburg is a town/city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, and is at the head of the Georges Creek Valley.
Located 8 miles (13 km) west of Cumberland, the town is one of the first metros/cities on the "National Road", US 40, and the end of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.
The City of Frostburg has an approximate year-round populace of 8,075.
In addition, 5,400 students attend Frostburg State University, a enhance college inside the University System of Maryland.
Frostburg was originally called Mount Pleasant until 1820, when the government advanced a postal service, and the town was retitled Frostburg.
2.3 History of Frostburg State University 6.1 Frostburg Museum and The Museum Gallery 6.3 Frostburg Arts and Entertainment District 6.4 Frostburg Art Walks 6.7.2 Frostburg Public Library 6.12 Historic Downtown Frostburg 6.16 Facilities at Frostburg State University 6.17 Films About Frostburg Frostburg is positioned at 39 39 17 N 78 55 40 W (39.654687, 78.927773). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.42 square miles (8.86 km2), all of it land. Frostburg is positioned in the Allegheny Mountains on the easterly slope of Big Savage Mountain.
The closest metros/cities to Frostburg are Cumberland, Maryland, 8 miles (13 km) to the east, and Morgantown, West Virginia, 62 miles (100 km) to the west.
Due to its average altitude of 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level and locale near the Allegheny Front, Frostburg has a colder, wetter climate than much of the rest of the state, and falls in USDA hardiness zone 6b. Under the Koppen climate classification, it has a humid continental climate (Dfb), with cold, snowy winters, and warm, humid summers.
Due to orographic lift, driving conditions on I-68 and US 40 can be very hazardous despite timely state and small-town road maintenance services, and the town averages just over 80 inches (200 cm) of snow flurry a season; momentous falls can occur as early as October and as late as May.
Frostburg's greatest one-month snow flurry was 67 inches (170 cm) in January 1978, and Frostburg is second in Maryland for the greatest single-season snow flurry with a total of 180 inches (460 cm) in the winter of 1995 96. Climate data for Frostburg, Maryland (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1972 present) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 12.4 9.3 7.2 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 3.3 8.9 43.9 Frostburg had its beginnings back in 1811 when surveying began for the National Pike, a road used to transport crops and raw materials to East Coast markets.
Meshach Frost assembled the first home in present-day Frostburg in 1812 and titled it Highland Hall (on the present-day the site of St.
Consequently, travel on the National Pike saw a steady decline, although travel through Frostburg did not. Coal quarrying was the first primary economic draw, but the trade faced enigma in its early manifestation.
The mountain peaks of Maryland and Frostburg proved to make transit of coal very difficult.
Not until the culmination of the barns s did the coal trade in Frostburg began to flourish.
The first primary coal producer was Meshech Frost, who owned a momentous amount of territory for quarrying and established the Frostburg Coal Company.
In Frostburg and is one of the several remaining depots in Maryland.
The Mount Savage Railroad was the first to build a rail line to Frostburg in 1852, and it connected to the B&O Railroad in Cumberland, as well as the C&O Canal.
The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad (C&P) took over the Mount Savage line in 1854, and period with the assembly of a tunnel under Frostburg, and a rail line southward to Piedmont, West Virginia.
This barns and tunnel were used to transport coal between Frostburg and George's Creek.
Another primary economic turn for Frostburg was the manufacture of fire brick beginning in 1864, utilizing the high-grade fire clays which are found in the area.
On Father's Day in 1953, his travels took him to Frostburg, and the town rolled out the red carpet.
History of Frostburg State University In 1898 the Maryland General Assembly authorized State Normal School #2 and a $20,000 appropriation to construct a building, though no cash to buy land.
Nearly 30 years later (1963), the school finally was retitled Frostburg State College.
In 1987, Frostburg State College joined the University System of Maryland and was retitled Frostburg State University.
The Hocking House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Frostburg Historic District was listed in 1983 and the Borden Mines Superintendent's House in 1984. On June 2, 1998, an F4 tornado hit Frostburg and the adjoining Eckhart Mines valley, damaging more than 125 homes and Frost Elementary School. This tornado refutes the myth that tornadoes do not occur in rough terrain.
Frostburg State University Frostburg is home to various small businesses in addition to chains of larger companies.
The town is especially known for its range of restaurants, from pizza shops to family establishments. Frostburg's small company interests are represented through SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business in close-by Cumberland, as well as through the Maryland Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) at Frostburg State University.
Arion Band is a improve band based in Frostburg.
The band gives five to ten performances in the Frostburg and Cumberland areas amid the summer.
Frostburg Museum and The Museum Gallery The exhibition was established in 1976 and, with more than 8,000 square feet (740 m2) of exhibit space, offers exhibits and artifacts from Frostburg and the encircling area including the Arion Band, coal mining, genealogy, and the National Road.
Located at 25 East Main St., Mountain City Traditional Arts is dedicated to the education, sales, and documentation of county-wide Appalachian art.
Frostburg Arts and Entertainment District In July 2009, a portion of downtown Frostburg that includes the Frostburg Museum and Frostburg State University was officially designated as the 18th Arts & Entertainment District of the state of Maryland, in recognition of the neighborhood's rich creative history, its intact arts scene and its promise for the future.
Maryland is the first state to problematic art districts to help stimulate the economy.
Frostburg Art Walks Twice a year, Frostburg sponsors art walks through the arts and entertainment district.
Located on the Frostburg State University campus, the Performing Arts Center (PAC) has regular programs held in one of their three theaters.
Located in the Fine Arts building on Frostburg State University's campus, the Roper loggia hosts fine art exhibits from both senior year art students and traveling exhibits.
The Ort Library, positioned on Frostburg State University's campus, was opened in 1975.
The library offers an online catalog of all books and articles in the Maryland state school system.
Those materials can be transferred to Frostburg for students and staff.
Frostburg Public Library Located at 65 Main St, the Frostburg Library offers members of the improve 10,000 square feet (930 m2) of books, a children's area, and new technology.
The Frostburg State University planetarium is positioned in GIRA CCIT.
The Appalachian Festival occurs every year on the third weekend in September on Frostburg State University's upper quad.
A Western Maryland train at Frostburg station in 2011.
The WMSR runs between Cumberland at Canal Place and Frostburg.
The depot at Frostburg was originally designed for the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad by architect Ephraim Francis Baldwin and assembled in 1891. The train stops at the Frostburg Depot for ninety minutes so passengers may shop or eat lunch.
Historical Downtown Frostburg was constructed between the years of 1870-1915 when the town was entrenched in the quarrying and brick making industry.
The Frostburg Community Swimming Pool is positioned at 200 South Water St.
The Frostburg Public Rifle Range is positioned at Clifton Terrace just off Rt.
Frostburg Community Park is positioned on South Water St.
Mount Pleasant Street Park is positioned on Maryland Ave.
Located on Main Street, the Center for Creative Writing aims to bring creative writers to Frostburg and to grew the writing ability and exposure to literature of the inhabitants and students of Frostburg.
Facilities at Frostburg State University As part of the 2012 Bicentennial Celebrations, the City of Frostburg commissioned a documentary manufacturing titled A Day in the Life of Frostburg (2012).
Directed and edited by Frostburg resident and filmmaker, Michael Snyder, the film was shot by a group of 37 "citizen filmmakers" (residents of the city) working autonomously and together; a unique approach to filmmaking that lets citizens tell the story of life in their town from the inside out.
Frostburg is home to the God's Ark of Safety roadside landmark, a skeletal steel structure representing the biblical Noah's Ark being assembled on the I-68 highway hillside since 1976. The Frostburg Palace Theatre is positioned on 31 east Main Street.
Since as early as 1907, the small-town people of Frostburg have gone there to see good films.
Frostburg State University was established in 1898.
Beginning as a college for teachers, Frostburg became a liberal arts school in 1960.
Today, Frostburg State University has 4,755 undergraduate students, 630 graduates, and an 18:1 student faculty ratio. Hafer, Republican Maryland State Senator, 1991 2007 United States Enumeration Bureau.
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