Rawlings’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Rawlings. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRawlings is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, on the McMullen Highway (U.S. Route 220). As of the 2010 census, the Rawlings CDP had a population of 693. The community was named after Moses Rawlings, an officer in the Revolutionary War. It was originally known as "Rawlings Station" after a post office was established on the railroad there on March 7, 1856.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 693 people in 2010, 687 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rawlings 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Rawlings’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rawlings’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Potomac near Rawlings, 1892: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Rawlings
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Rawlings, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Rawlings is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rawlings has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stewart's Tavern in Fort Ashby, 4 miles away.
Rawlings and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Potomac near Rawlings (1892) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.