Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Allegany
- Mayor
- Paula C. Ward ( R )
- Total
- 0.31 sq mi (0.79 km )
- Land
- 0.27 sq mi (0.69 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 1,191 ft (363 m)
- Density
- 319.2/sq mi (123.25/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 301, 240
- Fips code
- 24-48775
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Encyclopedic overview
Luke is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located along the Potomac River just upstream of Westernport. Known originally as West Piedmont, the town is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 85 as of the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.