Clarysville is an unincorporated town in Allegany County

Allegany County, Maryland

Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the US state of Maryland. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 75,087. Its county seat is Cumberland...

, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

, USA. It is located along U.S. Route 40 Alternate, at its intersection with Maryland Route 55

Maryland Route 55

Maryland Route 55 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Vale Summit Road, the state highway runs from MD 36 in Vale Summit north to U.S. Route 40 Alternate in Clarysville. MD 55 connects the La Vale area with Midland in the upper Georges Creek Valley in northwestern...

. Clarysville was known around the region for the Clarysville Inn, a historic building which stood in Clarysville from 1807 until it burned in 1999. The Clarysville Inn during the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 served as a military hospital, treating wounded soldiers.

The exit of the Hoffman drainage tunnel

Hoffman tunnel

The Hoffman tunnel, or Hoffman drainage tunnel, was constructed to drain water from coal mines northwest of Clarysville in Allegany County, Maryland. The two mile long tunnel drains into the Braddock Run tributary of Georges Creek.-Tunnel construction:...

, constructed to drain several coal mines, is near Clarysville.