Little Orleans, MD

Little Orleans is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. The 2010 census counted 42 residents. Little Orleans is located on the Potomac River at the mouth of Fifteenmile Creek across from Orleans Cross Roads, West Virginia. Little Orleans was served by the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, and by the Western Maryland Railway, both of which have been abandoned. The through line in Little Orleans is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Little Orleans makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. "Bill's Place", a restaurant and store, is located adjacent to the canal.