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| Much of Talbot County's history and character is defined by its 600-plus miles of tidal shoreline. In colonial times, the shipbuilding industry flourished in Talbot County. Some early settlers made their living trading tobacco for manufactured goods with English vessels that anchored off the plantation wharves. Today, the tobacco industry has been replaced by vegetable and poultry farming but the water still fosters the harvesting and processing of seafood, as well as tourism and associated water sports. Nature enthusiasts will delight in bird watching and other activities throughout the 950 acres of forests, meadows and wetlands. The charming, small towns of Talbot County are rich in culture and history, with a remarkable collection of museums, art galleries, theatres, inns, restaurants and boutiques. Chesapeake author James Michener is said to have spent a lot of time at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels. Michener reportedly penned the outline for his famous book in the tavern of the Robert Morris Inn in the town of Oxford. Easton, the county seat, has been designated one of the Top Ten Best Small Towns in America and one of the Top 100 Small Arts Communities in America. Talbot County was named for Lady Grace Talbot, sister of the second Lord Baltimore, in 1661 and became home to some of the great families that dominated the Eastern Shore's social, political and economic history. One of America's earliest celebrated minorities, Frederick Douglass, was born a slave in Talbot County in 1818. At age 20, he escaped to freedom and went on to become a politician, entrepreneur and ultimate model of a self-made man. Download Real Estate Impact Report for the county.
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Talbot County Office of Economic Development Talbot County Chamber of Commerce Census 2000 County Profile
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