Talbot County Local Guide

Get to Know Talbot County

Whether you rent or own beside the water, in town or in the countryside, begin with your exact address. Talbot County’s incorporated towns have distinct responsibilities, and utility and waste arrangements vary by location.

Chesapeake Bay water beside the shore at Black Walnut Point — Black Walnut Point shoreline, 2022 (official website, opens in a new tab)Photo: Famartin

Creeks, working waterfronts and historic towns. The Maryland State Archives chronology records Talbot County in existence by 1661/62. The county was named for Lady Grace Talbot, sister of the second Lord Baltimore. Easton is its county seat.

Maritime history remains central to the county’s identity. Explore boats and a working shipyard at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, or learn about Frederick Douglass’s early landscape at the park on the Tuckahoe.

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