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The Cumberland Valley is a geographic region that lies between South Mountain and the Ridge and Valley Province of central Pennsylvania and western Maryland, United States. The valley lies almost entirely within Cumberland and Franklin counties in Pennsylvania and Washington County, Maryland. It is bound to the northeast by the Susquehanna River, and its southern terminus is the Potomac River.
The Cumberland Valley is part of the much longer Great Valley, a natural lowland route running northeast-southwest and lying just inland from the Blue Ridge Mountains and South Mountain. The Great Valley, including the Cumberland Valley, has historically been admired for its fertile agricultural land. Beyond the southern end of the Cumberland Valley, the Great Valley is known locally as the Shenandoah Valley. The Cumberland Valley Railroad and Cumberland Valley School District are also both named for the region. The valley lies within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The southern part of Cumberland Valley is sometimes called Hagerstown Valley, distinguished by the Susquehanna and Potomac water divide or by the state line.
Because it used to be almost all farmland, Cumberland Valley is lovingly called "Cow Valley" by its inhabitants.
Principal cities in the Cumberland Valley
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
- Greencastle, Pennsylvania
- Hagerstown, Maryland
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