Yarrowsburg, MD

Yarrowsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The 2010 census counted 133 residents. Yarrowsburg sits at the foot of Elk Ridge mountain on the west side of Pleasant Valley, stretching along Reed, Kaetzel and Yarrowsburg roads in southeastern Washington County. Until the late 19th century, Elk Ridge was wholly owned by the Antietam Iron Works. A newcomer can read Yarrowsburg through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Yarrowsburg comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.