Editing Easton, Maryland

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'''Easton''' is an [[List of incorporated places in Maryland|incorporated town]] in and the [[county seat]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Talbot County, MD |url=https://ce.naco.org/?county_info=24041 |website=County Explorer |publisher=National Association of Counties |access-date=September 23, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> of [[Talbot County, Maryland]], United States. The population was 17,101 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/eastontownmaryland/PST045222| title=Population Estimates: Easton town, Maryland| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=November 13, 2023}}</ref> with an estimated population of 17,342 in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/eastontownmaryland/PST045222| title=Population Estimates: Easton town, Maryland| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=November 13, 2023}}</ref> The primary ZIP&nbsp;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 [[Area code 410|410]].

== History ==

[[File:Talbot County Courthouse, Easton, Maryland (2008).jpg|thumb|left|Courthouse in Downtown Easton]]

===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 (Maryland)|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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hubbard |first1=Sherwood M. |title=History of Easton |url=https://www.eastonmd.gov/Charter%20and%20Code/THE%20CHARTER%20HISTORY%20OF%20EASTON.pdf |website=EastonMD.gov |publisher=Town of Easton, Maryland |access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref>

Easton may be named because of its location east of [[Saint Michaels, Maryland|Saint Michaels]]; however, it is more likely that it was named after [[St Cuthbert Out|Easton]] in [[Somerset|Somerset, England]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kenny|first1=Hamill|title=The Placenames of Maryland : their origin and meaning|date=1984|publisher=Maryland Historical Society|location=Baltimore, Md.|isbn=0-938420-28-3|page=83}}</ref>

===20th century===
In 1916, the town erected the "[[Talbot Boys]]" statue in honor of Confederate soldiers from [[Talbot County, Maryland|Talbot County]].<ref>{{cite book |title=New City Upon a Hill, A History of Columbia, Maryland |page=26|first1=Joseph Rocco |last1=Mitchell |first2=David L. |last2=Stebenne |date=March 31, 2007|isbn=9781614230991}}</ref><ref name="withstands">{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |title=As Confederate symbols come down, 'Talbot Boys' endures |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/eastern-shore/bs-md-talbot-boys-memorial-20160516-story.html |access-date=March 1, 2017 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=May 16, 2016}}</ref> It stood for 107 years before being [[Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials|removed]] in 2022 after years of controversy.<ref name="removed" />

In 1919, Isaiah Fountain, a black farmer from [[Trappe, Maryland|Trappe]], was the last person to be legally executed on the Eastern Shore.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koper |first1=Joe |title=Notorious case ended in Easton Jail Hanging |url=https://www.stardem.com/opinion/columns/notorious-case-ended-in-easton-jail-hanging/article_00d15687-c35a-50fe-965a-b54aaaf8e8d3.html |access-date=16 November 2024 |publisher=The Star Democrat |date=July 23, 2023}}</ref> The case made national headlines and sparked outrage about racial injustice. After the first day of his trial, a mob of 2,000 assembled on courthouse grounds and attempted to grab and [[lynching|lynch]] Fountain.<ref>{{cite news |title=100 years later: Sensationalized Fountain case appears to have faded from memory |url=https://www.myeasternshoremd.com/kent_county_news/news/100-years-later-sensationalized-fountain-case-appears-to-have-faded-from-memory/article_697b109c-1540-5cdc-80cf-69956351df03.html |access-date=16 November 2024 |publisher=Kent County News |date=July 23, 2020}}</ref> This is the largest incident of mob violence in Talbot County history to date.

===21st century===
In 2008, a lost painting of a Paris street scene by [[Édouard Cortès]] was discovered amongst donated items at a [[Goodwill Industries]] store in Easton. After an alert store manager noticed that it was a signed original, the painting was auctioned for $40,600 at [[Sotheby's]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Easton Team Scores Big!|year=2008|journal=Goodwill Connection|issue=II|page=8}}</ref>

In 2011, local officials erected a statue of [[Frederick Douglass]], the noted abolitionist, who was born a slave in 1818 at the [[Wye River (plantation)|Wye River plantation]] in northern Talbot County.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Home of the Brave|year=2017|magazine=Smithsonian|issue=48|page=67}}</ref>

In 2015, and again in August 2020, the Talbot County Council voted against removing the Talbot Boys statue,<ref name="withstands" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Spector |first1=Candice |title=Vote keeps Talbot Boys in place |url=https://www.stardem.com/emergency_notice/vote-keeps-talbot-boys-in-place/article_bd50ae40-012b-5d6c-865d-861855433ccd.html |access-date=August 12, 2020 |work=[[The Star Democrat]] |date=August 12, 2020 |location=Easton, Maryland |language=en}}</ref> but in September 2021, the council voted to remove the statue.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oxenden |first1=McKenna |title=Talbot Boys Confederate monument to be removed on courthouse grounds on Maryland's Eastern Shore |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/eastern-shore/bs-md-talbot-boys-statue-relocation-20210915-q63slcw6nzgkbbb6275pwj3vtm-story.html |access-date=February 21, 2022 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> On March 14, 2022, the statue was removed.<ref name="removed">{{cite news |title=Confederate 'Talbot Boys' Statue Removed From Courthouse For Relocation |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/confederate-talbot-boys-statue-removed-from-courthouse-for-relocation/ |access-date=July 23, 2022 |work=[[WJZ-TV]] |date=March 14, 2022}}</ref>

In 2018, Easton was named one of America's top 5 coolest places to buy a vacation home by Forbes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/petertaylor/2018/05/29/the-5-coolest-places-in-america-to-buy-a-vacation-home-now/|title=America's Top 5 Coolest Towns To Buy A Vacation Home|last=Taylor|first=Peter Lane|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|10.67|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|10.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.11|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2424475| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Easton town, Maryland| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=October 14, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Easton has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=75637&cityname=Easton,+Maryland,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Easton, Maryland Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 1413
|1860= 1358
|1870= 2110
|1880= 3005
|1890= 2939
|1900= 3074
|1910= 3083
|1920= 3443
|1930= 2092
|1940= 4528
|1950= 4836
|1960= 6337
|1970= 6809
|1980= 7536
|1990= 9372
|2000= 11708
|2010= 15945
|2020= 17101
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 25, 2013}}</ref> of 2020, there were 17,101 people, 7,195 households, and 4,079 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1509.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 7,405 housing units at an average density of {{convert|701.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial make-up of the town was 73.1% [[White American|White]], 17.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] 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 $94,991. 11.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.9% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.

== Neighborhoods ==
[[File:Easton Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|alt=tall red brick church|Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church in The Hill]]
* Ashby Commons
* Ashby Park
* Beechwood
* Bretridge
* Calvert Terrace
* Chapel East
* Cookes Hope
* Crofton
* Easton Club
* Easton Village
* Golton
* The Hill (America's oldest free Black community c.1790)
* Lakelands
* Mulberry Station
* St. Aubins Heights
* South Beechwood
* South Clifton
* Stoney Ridge (Corbin Parkway)
* Matthewstown Run
* The Waylands

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[File:2022-06-21 15 07 34 View west along U.S. Route 50 (Ocean Gateway) at Maryland State Route 328 (Matthewstown Road) in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|right|US 50 westbound in Easton]]
[[U.S. Route 50 in Maryland|U.S. Route 50]] runs north–south through the eastern part of the town along Ocean Gateway, heading northwest toward the [[Chesapeake Bay Bridge]] and southeast toward [[Cambridge, Maryland|Cambridge]], [[Salisbury, Maryland|Salisbury]], and [[Ocean City, Maryland|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 33]] heads west from Washington Street on Bay Street, leading to [[St. Michaels, Maryland|St. Michaels]] and [[Tilghman Island, Maryland|Tilghman Island]]. [[Maryland Route 333]] heads southwest from Washington Street on Peachblossom Rd, heading west to [[Oxford, Maryland|Oxford]]. [[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, Maryland|Denton]]. Dover Street heads east from downtown Easton and becomes [[Maryland Route 331]] upon crossing US 50, heading southeast to [[Preston, Maryland|Preston]] and [[Vienna, Maryland|Vienna]]. [[Maryland Route 309]] begins at US 50 north of Easton and heads northeast toward [[Queen Anne, Maryland|Queen Anne]]. [[Maryland Route 662]] heads north from Easton, paralleling US 50.<ref>{{Maryland road map|year=2013}}</ref>

[[Easton Airport (Maryland)|Easton Airport]], a general aviation airport, is located to the north of Easton.<ref>{{FAA-airport|ID=ESN|use=PU|own=PU|site=08525.*A}}, effective April 10, 2008</ref>  The nearest airports to Easton with commercial air service are the [[Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport]] near Salisbury and the [[Baltimore–Washington International Airport]] near [[Baltimore]].

Delmarva Community Transit provides bus service to Easton, operating multiple routes to towns in Talbot, [[Queen Anne's County, Maryland|Queen Anne's]], [[Kent County, Maryland|Kent]], [[Caroline County, Maryland|Caroline]], and [[Dorchester County, Maryland|Dorchester]] counties along with a shuttle to [[Chesapeake College]] and the local Route C and Route D buses serving points in Easton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Schedule|publisher=Maryland Upper Shore Transit|url=http://www.dcsdct.org/uploads/2/5/0/4/25044487/finalmustschedulenov2014.pdf|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Easton Railroad Station (21617541662).jpg|thumb|Easton's train station]]
The [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] operated trains from New York and Philadelphia to Easton until the late 1940s.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pennsylvania Railroad, Oxford Division: Table 83|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=78 |issue=12 |date=May 1946}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Pennsylvania Railroad, Oxford Division: Table 83 [freight only]|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=82 |issue=3 |date=August 1949}}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|publisher=Easton Utilities|url=http://eastonutilities.com/history/|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name="electric" /> 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.<ref name="electric">{{cite web|title=Electric|publisher=Easton Utilities|url=http://eastonutilities.com/electric-overview/|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rein|first=Lisa|title=Small Town Finds Its Little Utility Quite Empowering|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 25, 2008|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092403329.html|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> Easton Utilities provides natural gas to over 4,500 customers, with natural gas purchased from the [[Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company]]. The town's natural gas supply is piped from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] via an interstate pipeline to [[Federalsburg, Maryland|Federalsburg]], where {{convert|100|mi|km}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Natural Gas|publisher=Easton Utilities|url=http://eastonutilities.com/gas-overview/|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> Easton Utilities provides water to 6,800 customers, with {{convert|84|mi|km}} 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 {{convert|90|mi|km}} of wastewater mains, six pumping stations, and a wastewater treatment plant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Water & Wastewater|publisher=Easton Utilities|url=http://eastonutilities.com/water-overview/|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cable|publisher=Easton Utilities|url=http://eastonutilities.com/cable-overview/|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> Internet service through Easton Utilities is provided under the Easton Velocity brand, utilizing a fiber-optic network.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internet|publisher=Easton Utilities|url=http://eastonutilities.com/internet-overview/|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> Easton Utilities' telephone service operates under the Easton Velocity DigitalVoice brand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Phone|publisher=Easton Utilities|url=http://eastonutilities.com/phone-overview/|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=August 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828103349/http://eastonutilities.com/phone-overview/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The town's Public Works department provides trash and recycling collection to Easton, with trash collection utilizing automated tipper cans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Automated Tipper Cans|publisher=The Town of Easton, Maryland|url=http://eastonmd.gov/PublicWorks/TipperCans.html|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Recycling|publisher=The Town of Easton, Maryland|url=http://eastonmd.gov/PublicWorks/Recycling.html|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>

===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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Facilities|publisher=University of Maryland Shore Regional Health|url=http://umshoreregional.org/about/facilities|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> In 1906, Judge William R. Martin commissioned [[Mary Bartlett Dixon]] to serve as the treasurer and help establish a hospital in Easton Maryland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Message from Charles Capute |url=https://ummhfoundation.org/about-us/leadership-messages/message-from-charles-capute/ |website=ummhfoundation.org |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025175409/https://ummhfoundation.org/about-us/leadership-messages/message-from-charles-capute/ |archive-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Claggett |first1=Laurence |title=Easton |date=1999 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9780738501710 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiDTi2RldGkC&q=Mary+Bartlett+Dixon+hospital&pg=PA61 |access-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref> The school was run by volunteers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35167570/mary_bartlett_dixon/ |access-date=October 25, 2019 |newspaper=The Star Democrat |date=April 5, 2018 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

== Sports ==
Easton was home to [[minor league baseball]], as the [[Easton Yankees]] and other Easton teams played as members of the [[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] level [[Eastern Shore League]] between 1924 and 1949. [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] members [[Home Run Baker]] and [[Jimmie Foxx]] both played for Easton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?code=ESHL&class=D|title=Eastern Shore League (D) Encyclopedia and History|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/federal-park-easton-maryland-s-hidden-diamond|title=Federal Park: Easton Maryland's hidden diamond|website=[[Minor League Baseball]]}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
[[Octavia E. Butler]]'s novel [[Kindred (novel)|''Kindred'']] is set in part at a fictional plantation near Easton.<ref name="scifidimensions">{{cite web |last=Snider |first=John C. |date=June 2004 |title=Interview: Octavia E. Butler |url=http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jun04/octaviaebutler.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220191628/http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jun04/octaviaebutler.htm |archive-date=20 December 2014 |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=SciFiDimensions}}</ref>

Much of the 2005 film ''[[Wedding Crashers]]'' was filmed at the Ellenborough Estate in Easton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Story of the Ellenborough Estate |url=https://househistree.com/houses/ellenborough |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=HouseHistree.com}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Ruth Cox Adams]], abolitionist
* [[Harold Baines]], MLB baseball player, Hall of Fame member
* [[Birch Evans Bayh II|Birch Bayh]], [[United States senator]] from [[Indiana]] (1963–1981)
* [[J. Harry Covington]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[Maryland's 1st congressional district]]
* [[Delino DeShields Jr.]], MLB baseball player
* [[Frances Farrand Dodge]], (1878 - 1969), artist
* [[Frederick Douglass]], author and abolitionist<ref>From a report by Amanda Barker {{cite web |url=http://www.riverheritage.org/douglass |title=The Search for Frederick Douglass's Birthplace |access-date=January 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205101044/http://www.riverheritage.org/douglass/ |archive-date=February 5, 2010 }} as to the true location of Douglass's birthplace, and the difficulty of finding it.</ref>
* [[Charles Hopper Gibson]], [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] and [[United States Congress|congressman]], lived at [[Ratcliffe Manor]]
* [[Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio]], member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]]
* [[Leslie Holdridge]], 20th century climatologist
* [[William S. Horne]], member of the Maryland House of Delegates, judge, and lawyer
* [[Harry Hughes]], [[Governor of Maryland|Maryland governor]] (1979–1987)
* [[Edward Lloyd (Colonial Governor of Maryland)]] (1670–1718), Governor of the [[Province of Maryland|Maryland Colony]], 1709–1714
* [[Edward Lloyd (Continental Congress)]] (1744–1796), his grandson of governor, Maryland delegate to the [[Continental Congress]]
* [[John A. Moaney]], personal assistant to the Eisenhower family 1942-78
* [[Chris Moore (film producer)|Chris Moore]], producer for films including ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]'' and ''[[Good Will Hunting]]''
* [[William Oswald Mills|William O. Mills]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[Maryland's 1st congressional district]]
* [[John Blake Rice]], Mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1865 to 1869.
* [[Maggie Rogers]], singer, songwriter and producer
* [[William P. Rogers|William Pierce Rogers]] (1913&ndash;2001), [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] officer in the administrations of presidents [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] and [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]
* [[James W. Rouse]], real-estate developer, civic activist, and free enterprise-based philanthropist
* [[Forrest Shreve]], botanist
* [[Gerard C. Smith]], attorney and arms control expert involved with the [[Moscow–Washington hotline]] 
* [[Philip Francis Thomas|Philip F. Thomas]], [[Governor of Maryland|Maryland governor]] (1848–1851), [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|U.S. Secretary of the Treasury]] under President [[James Buchanan|Buchanan]] (1860–1861)
* [[Oswald Tilghman]], [[Confederate Army]] officer, lawyer, author, politician
* [[Tench Tilghman]], [[aide-de-camp]] for [[George Washington]]
* [[Anne Truitt]], proto-minimalist sculptor

==Notable landmarks==
{{See also|Easton Historic District (Easton, Maryland)|National Register of Historic Places listings in Talbot County, Maryland}}
[[File:Tidewater Inn.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.0|alt=large brick hotel|Tidewater Inn]][[File:Easton Trinity Cathedral.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|alt=stone church|Trinity Cathedral]]
*[[Academy Art Museum]]
*[[All Saints' Church (Easton, Maryland)|All Saints' Church]]  - listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
*[[The Anchorage (Easton, Maryland)|The Anchorage]] - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris"/>
*[[Avalon Theatre (Easton, Maryland)|Avalon Theatre]]
*[[Doncaster Town Site]] - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris"/>
*[[Hope House (Easton, Maryland)|Hope House]]
*[[Llandaff House]] - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris"/>
*[[Myrtle Grove (Easton, Maryland)|Myrtle Grove]] - listed on the National Register of Historic Places,<ref name="nris"/> part of [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]<ref name="HABSeaston">{{cite web
|title=Historic American Buildings Survey...Easton, Maryland
|website= [[Library of Congress]]
|url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/historic-american-buildings-landscapes-and-engineering-records/?q=Easton,+Maryland
|access-date=July 2, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Old Bloomfield]] - listed on the National Register of Historic Places,<ref name="nris"/> part of [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]<ref name="HABSeaston"/>
*[[Ratcliffe Manor]] - part of [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]<ref name="HABSeaston"/>
*[[Spring Hill Cemetery (Easton, Maryland)|Spring Hill Cemetery]]
*[[St. John's Chapel of St. Michael's Parish]] - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris"/>
*[[Talbot Boys|The Talbot Boys]] - relocated in 2022 to [[Battle of Cross Keys|Cross Keys]] battlefield in Virginia
*[[Third Haven Meeting House]], part of [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]<ref name="HABSeaston"/>
*[[Tidewater Inn]] - listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris"/>
*[[Trinity Cathedral (Easton, Maryland)|Trinity Cathedral]]
*[[Troth's Fortune]] - listed on the National Register of Historic Places,<ref name="nris"/> part of [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]<ref name="HABSeaston"/>
*[[Wye House]] - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris"/>
*[[Wye Town Farm House]] - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.town-eastonmd.com Town of Easton official website]
* {{cite web |first=David |last=Remnick |url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/episodes/what-do-confederate-monument |title=What to Do with a Confederate Monument? |website=[[The New Yorker Radio Hour]] |publisher=[[WNYC Studios]] |access-date=September 14, 2020 |language=en |date=September 11, 2020}}

{{Geographic Location
 | Center    = Easton
 | North     = [[Wye Mills, Maryland|Wye Mills]]<br/>[[File:US 50.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 50 in Maryland|US 50 North]]
 | Northeast = [[Denton, Maryland|Denton]]<br/>[[File:MD Route 328.svg|25px]] [[Maryland Route 328|MD 328 North]]
 | East      = [[Preston, Maryland|Preston]]<br/>[[File:MD Route 331.svg|25px]] [[Maryland Route 331|MD 331 East]]
 | Southeast = ''[[Choptank River]]''
 | Southwest = [[Oxford, Maryland|Oxford]]<br/>[[File:MD Route 333.svg|25px]] [[Maryland Route 333|MD 333 West]]
 | South     = [[Cambridge, Maryland|Cambridge]]<br/>[[File:US 50.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 50 in Maryland|US 50 North]]
 | West      = [[Saint Michaels, Maryland|Saint Michaels]]<br/>[[File:MD Route 33.svg|25px]] [[Maryland Route 33|MD 33 West]]
 | Northwest = [[Unionville, Talbot County, Maryland|Unionville]]<br/>[[File:MD Route 370.svg|25px]] [[Maryland Route 370|MD 370 North]]
}}
{{Maryland}}
{{Talbot County, Maryland}}
{{County Seats of Maryland}}
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[[Category:Towns in Talbot County, Maryland]]