Gilmore Maryland Map

About Gilmore, Maryland

Gilmore is a locality in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 132. The population density is 490.1 people per km². Gilmore is located at 39.5829°N, 78.9500°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21532.

Gilmore occupies a rugged stretch of terrain where the landscape is defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Elklick Run as it carves through the earth. It lies 9.0 miles southwest of LaVale, MD (from LaVale, MD: bearing 236°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-southwest of Frostburg. The surrounding topography is marked by steep inclines and deep, shadowed depressions like Cucumber Hollow, creating a terrain that feels perpetually inclined toward the horizon. At dusk, the light here thins into a pale, bruised violet, catching the jagged edges of the higher ground while the Midland-Gilmore Reservoir sits as a still, dark mirror reflecting the overarching sky. While the distant Appalachian Mountains provide a hazy, blue-gray silhouette against the western edge of the world, the immediate vicinity remains anchored by the quiet, functional presence of the Midland Area Park, a green space that serves as a communal pause in the otherwise relentless verticality of the land.

Gilmore persists as a quiet witness to a regional economy once deeply tethered to the extraction of coal, a heritage that lingers in the weathered geometry of the older buildings and the stubborn, industrious spirit of the inhabitants. The legacy of these underground labors has left the soil rich with the memory of industry, shaping the way the community organizes itself around the narrow, winding veins of the local roads. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own isolation, far from the frantic energy of the lowlands, and closer to the dense, silent interior of the Savage River State Forest. In this corner of the state, the air carries a crisp, mineral edge, and the daily rhythm is dictated not by the clock, but by the subtle shifts in the weather moving across the ridgelines and the seasonal turning of the woods.

About This Gilmore Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gilmore, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.582867, -78.950025. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Gilmore includes the ZIP code (21532), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Allegany County (Cumberland), and school district assignment (Allegany County Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.