Talbot County, Maryland

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Talbot County, Maryland is a historic county on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, best known as the birthplace of abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Maryland
borders Caroline County, Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Dorchester County, Maryland
Queen Anne's County, Maryland
contains Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Easton, Maryland
Frederick Douglass Park on the Tuckahoe
Hog Neck Community
Oxford, Maryland
St. Michaels, Maryland
Third Haven Friends Meeting House
Tilghman Island, Maryland
Trappe, Maryland
Wye Island, Maryland
country United States of America
countySeat Easton, Maryland
FIPSCode 24041
GNISID 01713477
governmentType county government
hasAirport Easton Airport
hasAreaCode 410
443
667
hasHeritage African American history
colonial history
maritime history
hasMajorHighway Maryland Route 322
Maryland Route 33
U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED
hasZIPCodeRange 21601–21673
knownFor Chesapeake Bay seafood industry
birthplace of Frederick Douglass
historic waterfront towns
maritime heritage
largestTown Easton, Maryland
legislativeBody Talbot County Council
locatedIn Delmarva Peninsula
Delmarva Peninsula
surface form: Eastern Shore of Maryland
locatedOn Choptank River
Tred Avon River
namedFor Lady Grace Talbot
Talbot family
partOf Bureau of the Census
surface form: United States Census Bureau
state Maryland
subdivisionOf Maryland
surface form: State of Maryland
subdivisionType county
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

Referenced by (3)

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Calvert County, Maryland bordersCountyAcrossWater Talbot County, Maryland
Douglass placeOfBirth Talbot County, Maryland
subject surface form: Frederick Douglass
John Dickinson placeOfBirth Talbot County, Maryland