title: Ellerslie, Maryland
text: # Ellerslie, Maryland
  
  Ellerslie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 572. Ellerslie is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  
  The community is named for Elderslie, Scotland, the birthplace of Scottish hero William Wallace.
  
  ## History
  
  In the early twentieth century, Ellerslie contained a planing mill and a Standard Oil Company pumping station.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Ellerslie lies along Maryland Route 35, 7 miles (11 km) north of Cumberland and is next to the Pennsylvania-Maryland state line. To the north, Pennsylvania Route 96 extends 8 miles (13 km) to Hyndman and 31 miles (50 km) to Bedford. The town is situated in the valley of Wills Creek, between the parallel ridges of Little Allegheny Mountain to the west and Wills Mountain to the east.
  
  