Talbot County, Maryland
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Talbot County Court House
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 Location in the U.S. state of Maryland |
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 Maryland's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | c. 1661 | ||
| Seat | Easton | ||
| Largest town | Easton | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 477 sq mi (1,235 km2) | ||
| • Land | 269 sq mi (697 km2) | ||
| • Water | 208 sq mi (539 km2), 44% | ||
| Population (est.) | |||
| • (2015) | 37,512 | ||
| • Density | 79/sq mi (31/km²) | ||
| Congressional district | 1st | ||
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 | ||
| Website | www |
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Talbot County is a county located in the heart of the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,782. Its county seat is Easton. The county was named for Lady Grace Talbot, the wife of Sir Robert Talbot, an Anglo-Irish statesman, and the sister of Lord Baltimore.
Talbot County comprises the Easton, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area.
Talbot County is bordered by Queen Anne's County to the north, Caroline County to the east, Dorchester County to the south, and the Chesapeake Bay to the west.
The founding date of Talbot County is not known. It existed by February 12, 1661, when a writ was issued to its sheriff. It was initially divided into nine Hundreds and three parishes: St. Paul's, St. Peter's and St. Michael's.
In 1667, the first meeting of Commissions was held in the home known as Widow Winkles on the Skipton Creek near the town of York. The town of York was vacated once the courthouse was to be built on Armstrongs Old Field in 1709 near Pitts' Bridge. The new courthouse designated because York was too far north in the county once Queen Anne's County received their charter and was lopped off of Talbot County. Pitts' Bridge was just north of the Quaker Meeting House, but most importantly, it faced the Indian trail (Washington Street - Easton).
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