Crellin, MD

Crellin was built as a company town, having been home to a large coal mining and lumber operation at the turn of the 20th century. The 2010 census counted 264 residents. The Preston Railroad, which had been named for Preston County, West Virginia, which the railroad crossed into several times along its route, was also headquartered in Crellin, but closed down in the late 1950s. While the town survives today, very little remains to show that the original lumbering, mining, and railroad operations ever existed. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Crellin, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Crellin, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Crellin is home to a large coal mining. The community is in the valley of the Youghiogheny River.