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Wilson
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
States	Maryland and West Virginia
County	Garrett (Maryland) and Grant (West Virginia)
Elevation	2,493 ft (760 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1549992

Wilson is an unincorporated community located in both Garrett County, Maryland and Grant County, West Virginia, United States. Wilson is located along the North Branch Potomac River, 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Bayard. The West Virginia side of Wilson once had a post office, which closed on July 16, 1988.

George W. Wilson, an early postmaster, gave the community his name.

Municipalities and communities of Garrett County, Maryland, United States

County seat: Oakland

Towns	Accident Deer Park Friendsville Grantsville Kitzmiller Loch Lynn Heights Mountain Lake Park Oakland

CDPs	Bloomington Crellin Finzel Gorman Hutton Jennings Swanton

Unincorporated communities	Altamont Asher Glade Bittinger East Vindex Fairview Hoyes Keysers Ridge McHenry Red House Sand Spring Sang Run Selbysport Shallmar West Vindex Wilson Wilson‡

Ghost town	Schell‡

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Municipalities and communities of Grant County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Petersburg

City	Petersburg

Town	Bayard

Unincorporated communities	Arthur Bismarck Cabins Dobbin Dorcas Fairfax Falls Forman Gormania Greenland Henry Hiser Hopeville Jordan Run Kempton Junction Kline Gap Lahmansville Landes Martin Masonville Maysville Medley Mount Storm Old Arthur Pansy Rough Run Scherr Seemly Seymourville Streby Williamsport Wilson‡ Wilsonia

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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