Big Pool

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Big Pool

Total population

41

Median home value

$0

39.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Elevation430 m

Land area0.11 km²

Weather66°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates39.63°, -78.02°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Big Pool is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 82 as of the 2010 census. It is between Clear Spring, Maryland and Hancock, Maryland along Interstate 70 and is officially a part of the Hagerstown Metropolitan Area.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Big Pool, MD from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

G

Gale Catlett

American basketball player-coach

J

James G. Leyburn

American writer

George William Peterkin

episcopal Bishop of West Virginia (1841-1916)

John W. Wagner

Union Army soldier in the American Civil War

A

Ann Henshaw Gardiner

(1890-1982)

Q

Q. J. Peterson

American basketball player (born 1994)

G

Grace Snively

medical educator, civil rights and voter's rights activist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Maryland

• Pecktonville
  3.3 mi away · pop. 179
• Hancock
  9.6 mi away · pop. 1,625
• Williamsport
  10.7 mi away · pop. 1,949
• Kemps Mill
  10.8 mi away · pop. 49
• Fairview
  11.1 mi away
• Hagerstown
  15.7 mi away · pop. 43,527
• Tilghmanton
  16 mi away · pop. 282
• Breathedsville
  16.5 mi away · pop. 147
• Reid
  18.9 mi away · pop. 120
• Keedysville
  19.5 mi away · pop. 1,183
• Little Orleans
  20.2 mi away
• Mount Aetna
  21.5 mi away · pop. 637

Browse all places in Maryland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Big Pool

Big Pool quadrangle, Maryland--West Virginia, 1947

United States Geological Survey · 1999

Hikes in Western Maryland

Judith McGuire · 2014

The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner · 1924

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Black-staining Polypore

Meripilus sumstinei

Seen 2026-09-20

blue waxweed

Cuphea viscosissima

Seen 2026-09-20

pink lady's slipper

Cypripedium acaule

Seen 2026-09-19

Dog's nose fungus

Camarops petersii

Seen 2026-09-19

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

Seen 2026-09-18

Central Ratsnake

Pantherophis alleghaniensis

Seen 2026-09-18

Chinese Mantis

Tenodera sinensis

Seen 2026-09-18

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Seen 2026-09-18

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Seen 2026-09-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).