Yarrowsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.

Until the late 19th century, Elk Ridge was wholly owned by the Antietam Iron Works.

The village is named for Aquila and Polly Yarrow, free African Americans who bought a small log house on 1 1/4 acres of land in the southeast corner of Yarrowsburg and Reed roads in 1825.

This was also the site of the only (historical) crossing of Elk Ridge mountain through the steep and rocky Solomon's Gap.

Elk Ridge can only be passed otherwise by circling around its north or south ends via Trego or Sandy Hook roads.