Hagerstown, Maryland

**Hagerstown** () is a city in northwestern Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Washington County, and one of the largest cities in a region known as Western Maryland. The population of Hagerstown city according to the 2020 United States Census is 43,527, and the total 2020 Urbanized Area population is 197,557.

Hagerstown anchors the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area. The population of the metropolitan area in 2020 was 293,844 (ranked 170th in the United States). Hagerstown is also in the Great Appalachian Valley.

Hagerstown is a center of transit and commerce. Interstates 81 and 70, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and the Winchester and Western railroads, and Hagerstown Regional Airport cross in the city. Hagerstown is also the chief commercial and industrial hub for a greater Tri-State Area that includes much of Western Maryland as well as great extents of South Central Pennsylvania and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Hagerstown has often been referred to as and is nicknamed the _Hub City_.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Hagerstown, Maryland
- **settlement type**: City
- **nicknames**: _Hub City_, _Maryland's Gateway to the West_, _H-Town_, (formerly) _Home of the Flying Boxcar_
- **motto**: _A Great Place to Live, Work, and Visit_
- **image skyline**: Downtown Hagerstown on Franklin Street.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown Hagerstown looking west on U.S. Route 40 in Maryland, Franklin Street in 2023
- **image map**: Washington_County_Maryland_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Hagerstown_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x200px
- **map caption**: Location in Maryland and in Washington County
- **pushpin map**: Maryland#USA
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **pushpin label**: Hagerstown
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within Maryland
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Maryland
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Maryland, County
- **subdivision name2**: Washington County, Maryland, Washington
- **government type**: Mayor–council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: City council
- **leader title2**: Maryland Senate, State Senator
- **leader title3**: Maryland House of Delegates, State Delegate
- **leader title4**: Maryland's 6th congressional district, U.S. Congress
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title2**: Municipal Corporation, Incorporated
- **established date**: 1762
- **established date2**: 1813
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 12.56
- **area total km2**: 32.54
- **area land sq mi**: 12.55
- **area land km2**: 32.51
- **area water sq mi**: 0.01
- **area water km2**: 0.03
- **area urban sq mi**: 120.77
- **area urban km2**: 312.8
- **area metro sq mi**: 1019
- **area metro km2**: 2637
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 43527
- **population density km2**: 1338.71
- **population density sq mi**: 3467.18
- **population urban**: 197,557 (US: List of United States urban areas, 195th)
- **population density urban sq mi**: 1,635.8
- **population metro**: 293,844 (US: Metropolitan statistical area, 170th)
- **population density metro km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Hagerstonian
- **timezone**: Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **elevation m**: 164
- **elevation ft**: 538
- **website**: [http://www.Hagerstownmd.org www.hagerstownmd.org]
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 21740–21749
- **area code**: Area codes 301 and 240, 301, 240
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 24-36075
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0598385
- **founder**: Jonathan Hager
- **named for**: Jonathan Hager