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Oakland, town, seat (1872) of Garrett county, extreme western Maryland, U.S., in the Allegheny Mountains near the West Virginia border. Laid out in 1849, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad decided to build a rail line through the area, it became a popular tourist destination. Oakland remains at the centre of a resort and agricultural area. Trout fishing, hiking, boating, snow skiing, biking, waterskiing, hunting, and white-water rafting are local outdoor activities. Several state parks and state forests are in the vicinity, as is the Cranesville Subarctic Swamp. Inc. 1862. Pop. (2000) 1,930; (2010) 1,925.