McCoole, MD

McCoole is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. The 2010 census counted 511 residents. McCoole is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 220 and the east end of Maryland Route 135. McCoole lies directly across the North Branch Potomac River from Keyser, West Virginia. The through line in McCoole is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. McCoole makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. McCoole had its own post office in operation from 1903 to 1910.