Talbot County
Also known as Talbot County, Maryland, Tabbot County, Talbott County, Talbut County, Talbot County, MD
county in Maryland, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- Founded
- c. 1661
- Named after
- Grace Talbot
- Seat
- Easton
- Largest town
- Easton
- Total
- 477 sq mi (1,240 km )
- Land
- 269 sq mi (700 km )
- Water
- 208 sq mi (540 km ) 44%
- Estimate 2025
- 38,238
- Density
- 140/sq mi (53.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
Article
Talbot County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,526. Its county seat is Easton. The county was named for Lady Grace Talbot, the wife of Sir Robert Talbot, an Anglo-Irish statesman, and the sister of Lord Baltimore. The county is part of the Mid-Eastern Shore region of the state.
Talbot County comprises the Easton, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington–Baltimore–Arlington, DC–MD–VA–WV–PA Combined Statistical Area.