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Talbot County Fair – Talbot County held the 1st Agricultural Fair in the State of Maryland in Easton in 1822. [51] Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Association – Annual Steam Show – 1st Saturday after July 4; Plein Air Easton - Held in July, Plein Air Easton is the largest juried plein air painting competition in the United States. In 2024, it ...
On January 14, 1994, Maryland was ordered to submit a plan for a new African American majority district on the Eastern Shore following Marylanders for Fair Representation, Inc. v. Schaefer. The U.S. District Court approved a plan to alter the boundaries of former legislative districts 36, 37, and 38, beginning with the 1994 general election.
The Talbot Resolves was a proclamation made by Talbot County citizens of the British Province of Maryland, on May 24, 1774. The British Parliament had decided to blockade Boston Harbor as punishment for a protest against taxes on tea.
Easton is an incorporated town in and the county seat [3] of Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,101 at the 2020 census, [4] with an estimated population of 17,342 in 2022. [5] The primary ZIP Code is 21601, and the secondary is 21606.
By 1669 one of the first houses was built for Innkeeper Francis Armstrong (see Talbot County Land Records, A 1, f. 10/11). [3] Oxford first appears on a map completed in 1670 and published in 1671. [4] In 1694, Oxford and a new town called Anne Arundel (now Annapolis) were selected as the only ports of entry for the entire Maryland province.
Easton remains the county seat of Talbot County, and its courthouse was enlarged in 1958 by adding two wings. [12] Despite the town's early existence, most of the buildings in the Easton Historic District were constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [16]
Cordova is a census-designated place (CDP) in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 551 at the 2020 census , down from 592 at the 2000 census . Geography
Clay's Hope is a historic home in Bellevue, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story, 3- bay Flemish bond brick house with the gable roof, built around 1783. Also standing on the property is an array of outbuildings including the last known tobacco house to survive in Talbot County; a frame structure built around 1800.