Cearfoss, Maryland
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| official_name = Cearfoss, Maryland
| settlement_type = Census-designated place
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| pushpin_label = Cearfoss
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Maryland
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Washington
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| area_total_km2 = 0.52
| area_land_km2 = 0.52
| area_water_km2 = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi = 0.20
| area_land_sq_mi = 0.20
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_total = 176
| population_density_km2 = 337.88
| population_density_sq_mi = 875.62
| timezone = Eastern (EST)
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| elevation_ft = 499
| coordinates = {{coord|39|42|03|N|77|46|32|W|type:city_region:US-MD_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 21740{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/21740|title=Cearfoss MD ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=April 18, 2023}}
| area_code = 301, 240
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 24-14300
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| blank1_info = 2583595{{GNIS|2583595}}
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Cearfoss is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northwestern Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 178 as of the 2010 census.{{cite web|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files – Places: Maryland|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2010_place_list_24.txt|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=February 12, 2017}} Cearfoss is located northwest of Hagerstown and Maugansville, near the Pennsylvania border. Many highways intersect in Cearfoss in a roundabout, including Maryland routes 58, 63 and 494. Cearfoss is officially included in the Hagerstown Metropolitan Area (Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of {{convert|0.201|mi2}}, all land.
Demographics
{{US Census population
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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{{Washington County, Maryland}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Maryland
Category:Unincorporated communities in Maryland
Category:Census-designated places in Washington County, Maryland
Category:Census-designated places in Maryland
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