Easton (Maryland)
| Easton | |||
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 19th century market |
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| Location in Maryland | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1790 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maryland | ||
| County : | Talbot County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 46 ′ N , 76 ° 4 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 15,945 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,504.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 10.7 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 10.6 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 7 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 21601, 21606 | ||
| Area code : | +1 410 | ||
| FIPS : | 24-24475 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0584235 | ||
| Website : | www.town-eastonmd.com | ||
Easton is a city (City) and seat of the county administration ( County Seat ) of Talbot County on the Delmarva Peninsula in the US state of Maryland with a population of over 15,000.
The place is the seat of the broadcaster WKHZ and the local baseball team Easton LL multiple participants of the Little League Baseball World Series .
Personalities
- Isaac Ambrose Barber (1852-1909), politician
- Robert Bauman (* 1937), politician
- Birch Bayh (1928–2019), politician
- Helen Beebe (1908–1989), educator
- James Harry Covington (1870–1942), politician
- Skip Etchells (1911–1998), yacht designer
- Charles Hopper Gibson (1842–1900), politician
- Robert Henry Goldsborough (1779–1836), politician
- Samuel Hambleton (1812–1886), politician
- William Hayward (1787–1836), politician
- Leslie Holdridge (1907-1999), climatologist
- Harry Hughes (1926-2019), politician
- Edward Olson Hulburt (1890-1982), geophysicist
- John Bozman Kerr (1809-1878), politician
- John Leeds Kerr (1780-1844), politician
- Richard Lankford (1914-2003), politician
- Lee Lawrie (1877–1963), sculptor
- Bobby Lea (* 1983), track and road cyclist
- James Lloyd (1745-1820), politician
- Edward Tylor Miller (1895–1968), politician
- William Oswald Mills (1924–1973), politician
- Rogers Morton (1914–1979), politician
- Joseph Hopper Nicholson (1770-1817), politician
- John Blake Rice (1809–1874), politician
- Maggie Rogers (* 1994), musician
- Philip F. Thomas (1810–1890), politician
Web links
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