Frostburg

Frostburg, often referred to as Mountain City, is a charming little town tucked in , . The town is home to Frostburg State University and has a lively variety of student-oriented pubs.
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  • Type: Town with 7,870 residents
  • Description: city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: Frost Town”, “Frostburg, Maryland”, “Frostburg, MD”, “Frostburgh”, “Mount Pleasant”, and “弗罗斯特堡
  • Postal code: 21532

Places of Interest

Highlights include Frostburg Historic District and God’s Ark of Safety.

Historic site
The is a national historic district in Frostburg, . It comprises 356 resources within the city of Frostburg, along U.S. Route 40, which forms the main axis of the district.

Church
God's Ark of Safety is a non-denominational Christian ministry in Frostburg, Maryland, United States, led by Pastor Everett Spence. On Easter, 1976, former Pastor Richard Greene began building a replica of Noah's Ark atop a prominent hillside along what…

School
Frostburg is a city in . It is located at the head of the Georges Creek Valley, 8 miles west of . The town is one of the first cities on the "National Road", US 40, and the western terminus of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eckhart Mines and Zihlman.

Village
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , . As of the 2010 census it had a population of 932.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 362.

Village
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States; at one time it was called Junction.

Frostburg

Latitude
39.6583° or 39° 39′ 30″ north
Longitude
-78.9284° or 78° 55′ 42″ west
Population
7,870
Elevation
2,070 feet (631 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US FZH
Open location code
87F3M35C+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158624684
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4355756
Wiki­data ID
Q374219
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Frostburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فروستبورغ
  • Basque: Frostburg
  • Bavarian: Frostburg
  • Catalan: Frostburg
  • Cebuano: Frostburg
  • Chechen: Фростбург (Мэриленд)
  • Chechen: Фростбург
  • Chinese: Frostburg
  • Chinese: 弗罗斯特堡 (马里兰州)
  • Chinese: 弗羅斯特堡 (馬里蘭州)
  • Chinese: 弗羅斯特堡
  • Czech: Frostburg
  • Danish: Frostburg
  • Dutch: Frostburg
  • Egyptian Arabic: فروستبورج
  • French: Frostburg
  • German: Frostburg
  • Gilaki: فروست‌برگ (مريلند)
  • Gilaki: فروست‌برگ
  • Hungarian: Frostburg
  • Irish: Frostburg
  • Italian: Frostburg
  • Japanese: フロストバーグ
  • Kazakh: Фростбург
  • Kirghiz: Фростбург
  • Korean: 프로스트버그
  • Ladin: Frostburg
  • Malagasy: Frostburg, Maryland
  • Malagasy: Frostburg
  • Mazanderani: فروستبورگ (مریلند)
  • Mazanderani: فروستبورگ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Frostburg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Frostburg
  • Persian: فروستبورگ، مریلند
  • Persian: فروستبورگ
  • Polish: Frostburg
  • Portuguese: Frostburg
  • Russian: Фростберг (Мэриленд)
  • Russian: Фростберг
  • Serbian: Фростберг (Мериленд)
  • Serbian: Фростберг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Frostburg, Maryland
  • Serbo-Croatian: Frostburg
  • Slovak: Frostburg
  • South Azerbaijani: فروزتبورق، مریلند
  • Spanish: Frostburg (Maryland)
  • Spanish: Frostburg
  • Swedish: Frostburg
  • Tatar: Фростбург
  • Turkish: Frostburg, Maryland
  • Turkish: Frostburg
  • Ukrainian: Фростбург
  • Uzbek: Frostburg
  • Volapük: Frostburg
  • Waray (Philippines): Frostburg, Maryland
  • Waray (Philippines): Frostburg
  • Welsh: Frostburg, Maryland
  • Welsh: Frostburg

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