The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMount Aetna is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 838 at the 2000 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 561 to 580 (+3%). Half of its homes were built before 1988.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mount Aetna yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Mount Aetna’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Aetna’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mount Aetna, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Mount Aetna is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Aetna has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jacob M. Funk Farm in Beaver Creek, 1.7 miles away.
Mount Aetna and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.