Editing LaVale, Maryland (section)

==Geography==
LaVale is located at {{coord|39.654737|-78.812691|type:city_region:US-MD|format=dms|display=inline}},<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> in the shadow of [[Haystack Mountain (Maryland)|Haystack Mountain]]. To the east is [[Cumberland, Maryland|Cumberland]], accessible via the [[Cumberland Narrows]], a [[water gap]] between [[Haystack Mountain (Maryland)|Haystack Mountain]] to the south and [[Wills Mountain]] to the north. To the west is Piney Mountain and [[Frostburg, Maryland|Frostburg]]. LaVale is located along the [[National Road]], one of the original highways built in the United States which carried early American settlers west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. LaVale is a business center that contains the largest concentration of retail and the only indoor shopping mall, Country Club Mall, in the Cumberland Metropolitan area.

The [[LaVale Tollgate House]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1971.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.9|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): LaVale CDP, Maryland |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2446075 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212193339/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2446075 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |accessdate=May 28, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>