 lonaconing is a town in allegany county, maryland, united states located along the georges creek valley. it is part of the cumberland, md-wv metropolitan statistical area. the population was 1,214 at the 2010 census. == history ==  the first non-native american settlers in the late 18th century were explorers, hunters and farmers. names of some of the first settlers were dye, duckworth, green, fazenbaker, grove, vanbuskirk, knapp and miller. the first stone house built in 1790 in knapps meadow just north of lonaconing was owned by samuel vanbuskirk. the house still stands and is a private residence as of 2014. the [[lonaconing h
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