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and renamed "Westmar" during the 1989–1990 school year, three years after the consolidation of Bruce High School in 1986. Westmar High School closed, vacating the building for future use a middle school, following the 2006–2007 school year after which the populations of
Westmar and Beall High schools consolidated into the newly built
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living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.6% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
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Westmar Middle School was opened in the fall of 2007 when it was relocated to
Lonaconing after the closure of the Westmar Middle School facility in Westernport. Prior to the fall of 2007, the building was occupied by Westmar High School, originally Valley High School, which was established in 1953
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was 2,961.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,143.2/km). There were 525 housing units at an average density of 1,280.5 per square mile (494.4/km). The racial makeup of the town was 98.1%
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Georges Creek
Elementary was opened in 1975 with the closing of Central School. It combined populations with Barton Elementary in 2000. The school has approximately 380 students.
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ticket in U.S. history was sold at Coney Market, a convenience store in
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1428:Westernport
1345:County seat
1272:January 25,
1242:January 31,
1217:January 25,
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970:Westernport
876:2000 census
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1705:Town Creek
1655:Bellegrove
1613:Spring Gap
1558:Midlothian
1533:Grahamtown
1518:Flintstone
1488:Cresaptown
1413:Lonaconing
1372:Cumberland
1352:Cumberland
1004:References
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389:Lonaconing
379:feature ID
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158:78°58′44″W
155:39°33′57″N
132:Lonaconing
102:Lonaconing
25:Lonaconing
1513:Ellerslie
1377:Frostburg
1119:0362-4331
1049:April 26,
962:Frostburg
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912:Geography
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1523:Franklin
1493:Danville
1027:June 25,
992:See also
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360:301, 240
343:ZIP code
234:Allegany
215:Maryland
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1650:Amcelle
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1588:Oldtown
1553:McCoole
1528:Gilmore
1503:Detmold
1453:Bel Air
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