Easton is an

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in and the

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of Talbot County,

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, United States. The population was 15,945 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population in 2019 of 16,671. The primary ZIP Code is 21601, and the secondary is 21606. The primary phone exchange is 822, the auxiliary exchanges are 820, 763, and 770, and the area code is 410.

History

Talbot County Courthouse, Easton, Maryland (2008)

18th century

The town of Easton received its official beginning from an Act of the Assembly of the Province of Maryland dated November 4, 1710. The act was entitled, "An Act for the Building of a Court House for Talbot County, at Armstrong's Old Field near Pitt's Bridge". Pitt's Bridge crossed a stream forming the headwaters of the Tred Avon or Third Haven River. It was located at a point where North Washington Street crosses this stream, now enclosed in culverts, north of the Talbottown Shopping Center, and passes under the Electric Plant property. Prior to this date, the court had met at York, near the mouth of Skipton Creek. The court decided that this location was not convenient to all sections of the county and, in order to change the location, the above act of the Assembly was passed. As a result of this act, two acres of land were purchased from Philemon Armstrong, at a cost of 15,000 pounds of tobacco. Upon this tract, the same plot upon which the present Talbot County Courthouse now stands, the court house, a brick building 20 x 30 feet, was erected at a cost of 115,000 pounds of tobacco. The courts of the county were held in this building from 1712 until 1794. A tavern to accommodate those who attended court was one of the first buildings erected; stores and dwellings followed. The village was then known as "Talbot Court House". These were not the first buildings in the area. The frame meeting house of the Society of Friends was built between 1682 and 1684. The Wye plantation was settled in the 1650s by Welsh Puritan and wealthy planter Edward Lloyd and is owned and occupied by the 11th generation of that family. Easton may be named because of its location east of Saint Michaels, however it is more likely that it was named after Easton in

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20th century

In 1916, the town erected the " Talbot Boys" statue in honor of Confederate soldiers from Talbot County. It stood for 107 years.

21st century

In 2005, the movie ''

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'' was released, most of which was filmed at the Ellenborough Estate. In 2008, a lost painting of a Paris street scene by

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was discovered amongst donated items at a

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store in Easton. After an alert store manager noticed that it was a signed original, the painting was auctioned for $40,600 at

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. In 2011, local officials erected a statue of

Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became ...

, the noted abolitionist, who was born a slave in 1818 at Wye House plantation near Easton. In 2015, and again in August 2020, the Talbot County Council voted against removing the Talbot Boys statue, but in September 2021, the council voted to remove the statue. On March 14, 2022, the statue was removed. In 2018, Easton was named one of America's top 5 coolest places to buy a vacation home by Forbes.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the

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system, Easton has a

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

(''Cfa'').

Demographics

As of the

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of 2013, there were 16,687 people, 6,711 households, and 4,079 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 7,405 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the town was 73.1%

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, 17.2%

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, 0.2% Native American, 2.1%

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, 0.1%

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, 5.1% from

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, and 2.3% from two or more races.

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of any race constituted 9.8% of the population. There were 6,711 households, of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.8% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.2% were non-families. 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age in the town was 41.2 years. Of residents 22.3% were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.8% were from 25 to 44; 24.1% were from 45 to 64; and 21.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender make-up of the town was 46.4% male and 53.6% female. The median income for a household in the town was $53,209. Males had a median income of $31,103 versus $25,411 for females. The

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for the town was $31,061. About 27.0% of families and 31.8% of the population were below the

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, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.

Neighborhoods

* Ashby Commons * Ashby Park * Chapel East * Cookes Hope * Crofton * Easton Club * Mulberry Station * Bretridge * St. Aubins Heights * Stoney Ridge (Corbin Parkway) * Matthewstown Run * The Hill (America's oldest free Black community c.1790) * Golton * Beechwood * South Beechwood * The Waylands * Calvert Terrace * Historic District *South Clifton * Lakelands

Infrastructure

Transportation

U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...

runs north–south through the eastern part of the town along Ocean Gateway, heading northwest toward the

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and southeast toward

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Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of ...

, and Ocean City. Maryland Route 322 bypasses Easton to the west along the Easton Parkway. Washington Street serves as the main street of Easton, running north–south, with the southernmost section connecting to MD 322 a part of

Maryland Route 565 Maryland Route 565 (MD 565) is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These highways are sections of old alignment of U.S. Route 213 (US 213), the predecessor route to US 50, between Trappe and Easton. The two mainlin ...

Maryland Route 33 Maryland Route 33 (MD 33) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from Tilghman Island east to Washington Street in Easton. MD 33 connects Easton, the county seat of Talbot County, with all communities on t ...

heads west from Washington Street on Bay Street, leading to St. Michaels and Tilghman Island.

Maryland Route 333 Maryland Route 333 (MD 333) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from the terminal of the seasonal Oxford–Bellevue Ferry in Oxford, Maryland, Oxford north to Washington Street in Easton, Maryland, Easton ...

heads southwest from Washington Street on Peachblossom Rd, heading west to

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. Maryland Route 334 runs along Port Street between MD 322 and Washington Street. Goldsborough Street heads east from downtown Easton and becomes Maryland Route 328 upon crossing US 50, heading northeast to Denton. Dover Street heads east from downtown Easton and becomes

Maryland Route 331 Maryland Route 331 (MD 331) is a state highway on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the United States. Signed north-south, the route runs from Vienna in Dorchester County northwest to Easton in Talbot County, intersecting U.S. Rou ...

upon crossing US 50, heading southeast to Preston and

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Maryland Route 309 Maryland Route 309 (MD 309) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in Easton north to MD 213 south of Centreville. MD 309 is a C-shaped highway that passes through northeastern T ...

begins at US 50 north of Easton and heads northeast toward Queen Anne.

Maryland Route 662 Maryland Route 662 (MD 662) is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These highways are sections of old alignment of U.S. Route 50 (US 50) between Easton and Wye Mills in Talbot County and Queen Anne's County. The thr ...

heads north from Easton, paralleling US 50. Easton Airport, a general aviation airport, is located to the north of Easton. The nearest airports to Easton with commercial air service are the

Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport , or, more succinctly Salisbury Regional Airport, is located in unincorporated Wicomico County, Maryland, southeast from downtown Salisbury, Maryland, United States. Salisbury is the largest metrop ...

near Salisbury and the

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near

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. Delmarva Community Transit provides bus service to Easton, operating multiple routes to towns in Talbot, Queen Anne's,

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, Caroline, and Dorchester counties along with a shuttle to

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and the local Route C and Route D buses serving points in Easton. Easton Railroad Station (21617541662)

The

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operated trains from New York and Philadelphia to Easton until the late 1940s.

Utilities

Easton Utilities, which is owned by the town of Easton, provides electricity, natural gas, water, wastewater service, cable, internet, and telephone service to the town. The utility commission was founded in 1914 and had control of all utility services in 1923, making Easton the first community in the state to own all its utility services. Easton Utilities provides electricity to over 10,000 customers, with most electricity purchased and some also generated by the town during times of high prices. The town owns 18 diesel-powered electric generators with a total capacity of 69 megawatts at two sites, one at a plant built in 1923 located in the center of town on Washington Street and the other located near the Easton Airport. Easton Utilities provides natural gas to over 4,500 customers, with natural gas purchased from the

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. The town's natural gas supply is piped from the

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via an interstate pipeline to Federalsburg, where of steel and plastic mains then deliver it to customers in Easton. The town, which has owned the natural gas utility since 1923, formerly delivered gas to customers by burning coal at a plant on West Street, but converted to natural gas in 1966. Easton Utilities is the only municipal natural gas utility in Maryland. Easton Utilities provides water to 6,800 customers, with of water mains and over 550 fire hydrants. The town gets its water from six wells that draw from underground aquifers, with the water then treated and stored. Easton Utilities provides wasterwater service to about 6,800 customers, operating more than of wastewater mains, six pumping stations, and a wastewater treatment plant. Easton Utilities' cable service, branded as Easton Velocity, is one of a few municipal cable systems in the United States. The cable system in Easton was first built in 1984 and upgraded to a hybrid fiber/coax design in 2001. Internet service through Easton Utilities is provided under the Easton Velocity brand, utilizing a fiber-optic network. Easton Utilities' telephone service operates under the Easton Velocity DigitalVoice brand. The town's Public Works department provides trash and recycling collection to Easton, with trash collection utilizing automated tipper cans.

Health care

University of Maryland Shore Regional Health operates the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton in Easton, a hospital with 112 beds, 20 acute care inpatient beds, and an emergency room. In 1906, Judge William R. Martin commissioned Mary Bartlett Dixon to serve as the treasurer and help establish a hospital in Easton Maryland. She began the hospital in a rented building, which later burned to the ground. Dixon and Elizabeth Wright Dixon received $43, 000 to construct the Memorial Hospital. Together, the woman began a nursing school in 1907. The school was run by volunteers.

Sports

Easton was home to minor league baseball, as the

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and other Easton teams played as members of the Class D level

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between 1924 and 1949. Baseball Hall of Fame members

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and

Jimmie Foxx James Emory Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967), nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, ...

both played for Easton.

Notable people

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, MLB baseball player, Hall of Fame member *

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from

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(1963–1981) * J. Harry Covington,

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for

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, MLB baseball player *

, author and abolitionistFrom a report by Amanda Barker as to the true location of Douglass's birthplace, and the difficulty of finding it. * Frances Farrand Dodge (1878 - 1969), artist. *

Leslie Holdridge Leslie Ransselaer Holdridge (September 29, 1907 – June 19, 1999) was an American botanist and climatologist. He was the father of composer Lee Holdridge as well as the father of Leslie A. Holdridge, Lorena Holdridge, Marbella Holdridge, Marly ...

, 20th century climatologist *

Charles Hopper Gibson Charles Hopper Gibson (January 19, 1842 – March 31, 1900) was a U. S. Senator from Maryland, serving from 1891–1897. He also served as a U.S. Congressman from 1885–1891. Biography Gibson was born near Centreville, Maryland, and attended ...

-State's attorney for Talbot County, Maryland, serving from 1871 until 1875 *

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, member of the

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* William S. Horne, member of the Maryland House of Delegates, judge, and lawyer *

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(1979–1987) *

Edward Lloyd (Colonial Governor of Maryland) Major General Edward Lloyd II (February 7, 1671 – March 20, 1719) was the 11th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1709 to 1714. Early life and family Edward Lloyd II was born on February 7, 1671, at Wye plantation in Talbot County, Maryland to ...

(1670–1718), Governor of the Maryland Colony, 1709–1714 *

Edward Lloyd (Continental Congress) Edward Lloyd IV (December 15, 1744 – July 8, 1796) was an American planter from Talbot County, Maryland. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Maryland in 1783 and 1784. From 1771 to 1774, he was a member of the General Assembly an ...

(1744–1796), his grandson, Maryland delegate to the Continental Congress * John A. Moaney, personal assistant to the Eisenhowers 1942-78 * Chris Moore, producer for films including '' American Pie'' and ''

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'' * William O. Mills,

for

John Blake Rice John Blake Rice (May 28, 1809 – December 17, 1874) was an American actor, theatrical producer and politician. He served as the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1865–1869) as a member of the Republican Party. Early life and career Rice was bo ...

, Mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1865 to 1869. *

Maggie Rogers Margaret Debay Rogers (born April 25, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Easton, Maryland. Her big break came when her song "Alaska" was played to Pharrell Williams during a master class at New York University's ...

, singer, songwriter and producer * William Pierce Rogers (1913–2001),

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officer in the administrations of presidents

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and

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* James W. Rouse, real-estate developer, civic activist, and free enterprise-based philanthropist * Forrest Shreve, botanist * Philip F. Thomas,

(1848–1851),

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under President Buchanan (1860–1861) *

Oswald Tilghman Oswald Tilghman (March 7, 1841 – June 17, 1932) was an officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; a lawyer; Maryland politician; Maryland Senator, Talbot County, (1894–96); Secretary of State of Maryland (1904–08) ...

, Confederate Army officer *

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, aide-de-camp for

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* Anne Truitt, proto-minimalist sculptor

Notable landmarks

* Academy Art Museum *

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* The Anchorage *

Avalon Theatre Avalon Theater or Theatre may refer to: Australia * Avalon Theatre, Hobart, Tasmania United States * Avalon Theater (Catalina), California; now known as Catalina Casino * Avalon Theatre (Easton, Maryland) * Avalon Theater (Brooklyn) Midwoo ...

Doncaster Town Site The Doncaster Town Site is an archeological site near Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. The site is located on one of the earliest land grants in Talbot County, surveyed on October 18, 1658. It is the location of the first Roman Catholic Church e ...

* Easton Historic District * Hope House, Llandaff House * Myrtle Grove, Old Bloomfield * Spring Hill Cemetery * St. John's Chapel of St. Michael's Parish,

Tidewater Inn Tidewater Inn is a historic hotel in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. It is a Colonial Revival brick, hip-roofed, four-story hotel with flanking three-story wings and an addition on the north wing. The original section was compl ...

, Troth's Fortune * The Talbot Boys *

Third Haven Meeting House The Third Haven Meeting House is generally considered the oldest-surviving Friends meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends, and it is a cornerstone of Quaker history in Talbot County, Maryland. History The history of Quakerism in Tal ...

* Trinity Cathedral *

Wye House Wye may refer to: Place names * Wye, Kent, a village in Kent, England **Wye College, agricultural college, part of University of London before closure in 2009 ** Wye School, serving the above village **Wye railway station, serving the above villa ...

,listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. *

Wye Town Farm House The Wye Town Farm House is a historic home in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. It is of brick construction, one and one-half stories high and two rooms deep with a small one-story brick kitchen. A two-story addition was made in ...

,listed on the

References

External links

Town of Easton official website
* {{authority control 1710 establishments in Maryland County seats in Maryland Micropolitan areas of Maryland Populated places established in 1710 Towns in Talbot County, Maryland