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Easton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.The population was 25,058 at the 2020 census. [1] It is part of the Greater Boston area.. Easton is governed by an elected Select Board.
The Easton Historic District is a historic district that covers most of the core of the town of Easton, Maryland.The town is the county seat of Talbot County.The state of Maryland is nearly split by the Chesapeake Bay, and Easton is located on the east side of the bay that is known as Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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. [27]
The city has been grappling with the deteriorated state of two of the buildings on Easton’s Beach since spring 2021 when DBVW Architects completed a 45-page report on the conditions of the beach ...
Talbot County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,526. [2] Its county seat is Easton. [3] The county was named for Lady Grace Talbot, the wife of Sir Robert Talbot, an Anglo-Irish statesman, and the sister of Lord Baltimore. [4]
In 1694, the first settler, Clement Briggs established his home near the Easton Green. In 1711, the Taunton North Purchase area became Norton, and in 1713, the twenty-six families settled in Easton and hired Elder William Pratt as their first minister. There was no legal parish in Easton until 1722 when the East Precinct of Norton was recognized.
The Easton Police Department includes a K9 unit, D.A.R.E, and an animal control unit. [25] The Easton Police Explorer Post 2001 is an affiliated with the department. [26] Easton Police are also first responders for all EMS calls in town. They are all certified EMR's or EMT's and can provide oxygen, perform basic first aid, and defibrillation. [27]
The newly established district paid $19,500 to build a two-story brick building on that plot of land. Due to enrollment increases between 1901 and 1916, the district needed a new campus.