Talbot County, Maryland

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Talbot County
County
Clockwise: Downtown Easton, Oxford-Bellevue Ferry, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Third Haven Meeting House.
Flag Seal
Motto(s):  Tempus Praeteritum et Futurum (Latin for "Times, Past and Future")[1]
Location within the U.S. state of Maryland
Maryland's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 38°45′N 76°11′W / 38.75°N 76.18°W / 38.75; -76.18
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Founded	c. 1661
Named for	Grace Talbot
Seat	Easton
Largest town	Easton
Area
• Total	477 sq mi (1,240 km2)
• Land	269 sq mi (700 km2)
• Water	208 sq mi (540 km2)  44%
Population  (2020)
• Total	37,526
• Density	79/sq mi (30/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	talbotcountymd.gov

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] 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.

Talbot County is bordered by Queen Anne's County to the north, Caroline County to the east, Dorchester County to the south, and the Chesapeake Bay to the west.