Easton, Maryland
Easton, Maryland | |
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Town | |
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FIPS code | 24-24475 |
GNIS feature ID | 0584235 |
Website | eastonmd |
Easton is an
History
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 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.[6]
Easton may be named because of its location east of Saint Michaels, however it is more likely that it was named after Easton in Somerset, England.[7]
20th century
In 1916, the town erected the "
21st century
In 2008, a lost painting of a Paris street scene by
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 in northern Talbot County.[12]
In 2015, and again in August 2020, the Talbot County Council voted against removing the Talbot Boys statue,[9][13] but in September 2021, the council voted to remove the statue.[14] On March 14, 2022, the statue was removed.[10]
In 2018, Easton was named one of America's top 5 coolest places to buy a vacation home by Forbes.[15]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 10.67 square miles (27.64 km2), of which 10.56 square miles (27.35 km2) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) is water.[16]
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).[17]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1850 | 1,413 | — | |
1860 | 1,358 | −3.9% | |
1870 | 2,110 | 55.4% | |
1880 | 3,005 | 42.4% | |
1890 | 2,939 | −2.2% | |
1900 | 3,074 | 4.6% | |
1910 | 3,083 | 0.3% | |
1920 | 3,443 | 11.7% | |
1930 | 2,092 | −39.2% | |
1940 | 4,528 | 116.4% | |
1950 | 4,836 | 6.8% | |
1960 | 6,337 | 31.0% | |
1970 | 6,809 | 7.4% | |
1980 | 7,536 | 10.7% | |
1990 | 9,372 | 24.4% | |
2000 | 11,708 | 24.9% | |
2010 | 15,945 | 36.2% | |
2020 | 17,101 | 7.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[18] |
As of the
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
Neighborhoods
- 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
Delmarva Community Transit provides bus service to Easton, operating multiple routes to towns in Talbot, Queen Anne's, Kent, Caroline, and Dorchester counties along with a shuttle to Chesapeake College and the local Route C and Route D buses serving points in Easton.[22]
The Pennsylvania Railroad operated trains from New York and Philadelphia to Easton until the late 1940s.[23][24]
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.
Health care
Sports
Easton was home to
In popular culture
Octavia E. Butler's novel Kindred is set in part at a fictional plantation near Easton.[41]
Much of the 2005 film Wedding Crashers was filmed at the Ellenborough Estate in Easton.[42]
Notable people
- Harold Baines, MLB baseball player, Hall of Fame member
- United States senator from Indiana(1963–1981)
- J. Harry Covington, 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[43]
- Jeannie Haddaway, 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, Maryland governor (1979–1987)
- Edward Lloyd (Colonial Governor of Maryland) (1670–1718), Governor of the 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, producer for films including American Pie and Good Will Hunting
- William O. Mills, 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 Pierce Rogers (1913–2001), Cabinet officer in the administrations of presidents Eisenhower and 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 F. Thomas, Maryland governor (1848–1851), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Buchanan (1860–1861)
- Confederate Armyofficer, lawyer, author, politician
- Tench Tilghman, aide-de-camp for George Washington
- Anne Truitt, proto-minimalist sculptor
Notable landmarks
- Academy Art Museum
- All Saints' Church - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[44]
- The Anchorage - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[44]
- Avalon Theatre
- Doncaster Town Site - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[44]
- Hope House
- Llandaff House - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[44]
- Historic American Buildings Survey[45]
- Historic American Buildings Survey[45]
- Historic American Buildings Survey[45]
- Spring Hill Cemetery
- St. John's Chapel of St. Michael's Parish - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[44]
- The Talbot Boys - relocated in 2022 to Cross Keysbattlefield in Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey[45]
- Tidewater Inn - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[44]
- Trinity Cathedral
- Historic American Buildings Survey[45]
- Wye House - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[44]
- Wye Town Farm House - listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[44]
References
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- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Talbot County, MD". County Explorer. National Association of Counties. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "Population Estimates: Easton town, Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ "Population Estimates: Easton town, Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ Hubbard, Sherwood M. "History of Easton" (PDF). EastonMD.gov. Town of Easton, Maryland. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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- ^ a b Campbell, Colin (May 16, 2016). "As Confederate symbols come down, 'Talbot Boys' endures". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "Confederate 'Talbot Boys' Statue Removed From Courthouse For Relocation". WJZ-TV. March 14, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ "Easton Team Scores Big!". Goodwill Connection (II): 8. 2008.
- ^ "Home of the Brave". Smithsonian. No. 48. 2017. p. 67.
- ^ Spector, Candice (August 12, 2020). "Vote keeps Talbot Boys in place". The Star Democrat. Easton, Maryland. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- ^ Oxenden, McKenna (September 15, 2021). "Talbot Boys Confederate monument to be removed on courthouse grounds on Maryland's Eastern Shore". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ Taylor, Peter Lane. "America's Top 5 Coolest Towns To Buy A Vacation Home". Forbes. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Easton town, Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 14, 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Easton, Maryland Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (2013). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (2013–2014 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
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- ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Maryland Upper Shore Transit. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Railroad, Oxford Division: Table 83". Official Guide of the Railways. 78 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1946.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Railroad, Oxford Division: Table 83 [freight only]". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (3). National Railway Publication Company. August 1949.
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- ^ a b "Electric". Easton Utilities. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ Rein, Lisa (September 25, 2008). "Small Town Finds Its Little Utility Quite Empowering". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
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- ^ "Water & Wastewater". Easton Utilities. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
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- ^ "Phone". Easton Utilities. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "Automated Tipper Cans". The Town of Easton, Maryland. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "Recycling". The Town of Easton, Maryland. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "Our Facilities". University of Maryland Shore Regional Health. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "Message from Charles Capute". ummhfoundation.org. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
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- ^ "Eastern Shore League (D) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Federal Park: Easton Maryland's hidden diamond". MiLB.com.
- ^ Snider, John C. (June 2004). "Interview: Octavia E. Butler". SciFiDimensions. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ "The Story of the Ellenborough Estate". HouseHistree.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ From a report by Amanda Barker "The Search for Frederick Douglass's Birthplace". Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010. as to the true location of Douglass's birthplace, and the difficulty of finding it.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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External links
- Town of Easton official website
- Remnick, David (September 11, 2020). "What to Do with a Confederate Monument?". The New Yorker Radio Hour. WNYC Studios. Retrieved September 14, 2020.