Bakersville, Maryland

About Bakersville

Bakersville is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Maryland.

Bakersville holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.05 square miles.

📰 Bakersville News Today

• Joseph Edgar (Joe) Clipp Obituary Sep 22, 2025 Stauffer Funeral Homes · Sep 22
• Washington County Division of Emergency Services Receives New Ambulances Washington County, MD · Aug 6
• John Cook Obituary - The Herald-Mail The Herald-Mail · Jan 29
• Obituary information for Jacquiline Burleson - Webb Funeral Home Webb Funeral Home - Spruce Pine, NC · Jul 6
• Wanda Fae Forney Obituary Sep 26, 2024 - Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home and Crematorium, Inc. Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home and Crematorium, Inc. · Sep 26

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Bakersville Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.05 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northwestern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Washington County Rural Heritage Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bakersville

• Four Square Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Washington County Agricultural Education Center reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Bakersville

🏘️ Nearby Communities