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Place Name
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Barton
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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530 (1990)
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Location
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Allegany County, Maryland (MD), United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°32'N
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Longitude
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79°01'W
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Barton
, town (1990 pop. 530), Allegany co., W Md., in
the Alleghenies, and 17 mi/27 km WSW of
Cumberland; 39°32'N 79°01'W. In bituminous-coal-mining area. Near
Dans Mt. State Park. Named for Barton-on-Humber, the birthplace of the
founder, Major Andrew Bruce Shaw. A heavy rainstorm in 1810 exposed
“a mountain of coal” in the area known as Potomac Hollow. Mining
didn't begin until 1854, though. Inc. 1900.
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