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Big Pool, Maryland

Census-designated place in Maryland, United States

39°37′26″N 78°00′56″W / 39.62389°N 78.01556°W / 39.62389; -78.01556CountryUnited StatesStateMarylandCountyWashingtonArea

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• Total0.11 sq mi (0.28 km²) • Land0.11 sq mi (0.28 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

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443 ft (135 m)Population

(2020)

• Total78 • Density722.22/sq mi (279.51/km²)Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area codes301, 240FIPS code24-07375GNIS feature ID2583583^[2]

Big Pool is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 82 as of the 2010 census.^[3] It is between Clear Spring, Maryland and Hancock, Maryland along Interstate 70 and is officially a part of the Hagerstown Metropolitan Area.

To the south of Big Pool lies Fort Frederick State Park, a restored fort used during the French and Indian War. Also nearby is the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, which lies near Ft. Frederick alongside the Potomac River.

Big Pool is also the name of a large body of water which is part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. This pool occurs roughly at the 113 mile mark, and it is on what the canallers called the 14 mile level.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	78		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Pool, Maryland
^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.