![[photo, Allegany County Courthouse entrance, 30 Washington St., Cumberland, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/al/images/i004533b.jpg)
In Maryland, the county seat is the town or city where county government is centered. Here is where the executive and legislative branches of county government have their offices, and where the county courthouse is found.
Allegany County Courthouse entrance, 30 Washington St., Cumberland, Maryland, May 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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