Talk:Western Maryland

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Actually the debate is whether or not Frederick County is considered Western Maryland. The boundary most W. Marylanders accept is South Mountain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.176.157.25 (talk) 12:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

There is considerable debate among Marylanders as to what exactly constitutes "Western Maryland." Most residents of the Balitmore-Washington Metro area would consider Frederick County and everything west as "Western Maryland," but to the residents of Allegany and Garrett County, "Western Maryland" does not begin until you are west of Sideling Hill. I tend to think that Washington and Frederick Counties have more in common with the other rural/suburban counties of Central Maryland like Carroll, Northern Baltimore County, and Harford than they do with Allegany and Garrett County. I don't necessarily feel that the page's definition of the region should be changed, but discussing the debate would be useful.

I added the dispute about the boundries of the region to the main page. These boundry disputes are common for regions that do not have set political borders. See the pages on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Little Egypt in Illinois for examples.

--199.248.201.253 19:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Maryland Panhandle
Basically the same region, the article appears to have been created without knowledge of this one.-Jeff (talk) 23:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The term "Maryland Panhandle" is an accurate geographical description of the area, but it is not used as a regional term nearly as often as "Western Maryland" is. Lasersnake 17:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Agree. Western Maryland is the common term for the area, and a merge+redirect seems like it would suit fine in this case seeing as both articles are referring to roughly the same geographic area.  The only difference is the inclusion of Frederick County in the article on Western Maryland.  Jason Smith 23:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and merge it then.-Jeff (talk) 04:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I came to this page on redirect from Maryland Panhandle. While the definition of Western Maryland may include Frederick and Carroll counties, I don't think anyone would include Frederick or Carroll in Maryland Panhandle. Needs something in the article specifically about Maryland Panhandle if you are going to redirect people here. Underalms (talk) 11:32, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Snow Totals Accurate?
A lot of Western MD cities, including the 3 big ones, get less than 80 inches of snow/year. I think that statement about snow totals should be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vpuliva (talk • contribs) 01:59, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Carroll County
I think a serious argument can be made for the inclusion of Carroll County in Western Maryland. I would remind you that McDaniel College, located in Westminster, was known for years as Western Maryland College.

Carroll County is much more rural than Baltimore County, and is more conservative than many other parts of the state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.174.72.187 (talk) 04:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Appalachian Maryland
A separate article should be made for Appalachian Maryland, the Maryland counties within the federally designated Appalachian Region (Garrett, Allegany, and Washington). Frederick County is officially part of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area according to the US federal government. Frederick County may have been Western Maryland 5-10 years ago, but changing demographics have made it now much more urban with closer economic and cultural ties to Washington, DC than the Western Maryland counties, as reflected by the US Census's inclusion in the DC metropolitan area. Hagerstown may be on the same route within the next 10 years or so to be included in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area as well, as Jefferson County, WV has already been included and Berkeley County, WV (currently part of the Hagerstown, MD Metropolitan Area and not part of DC's MSA) already having some of the same transportation infrastructure to DC that Jefferson County does. Nicole Sharp (talk) 21:33, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Other attraction in Western Maryland, Walkersville Southern Railroad
Since reference is made To Walkersville, and Western Maryland railroad is listed as part of the attractions.. I added the Walkersville Southern railroad attraction... Cheers...Risk Engineer (talk) 14:11, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Proposed Edits
Hi, I'm planning on doing some edits on this article and wanted anyone involved to be aware. Right now I'm thinking about editing a lot of this article, and adding in some different sections. I want to develop some different sections about the population, economics, geographical information, and anything else this article needs. I'm going to be editing this in my sandbox, so if anyone would like to take a look at what i am doing or has any ideas that could help develop this further, please let me know. Thanks! E.Kassel (talk) 22:04, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

"Better definition"
The given WP:RS does not state that all of West Virginia is part of the region (and the associated region of poverty which is the point of the sentence) TEDickey (talk) 12:57, 6 October 2019 (UTC)