1682Architecture
The frame meeting house of the Society of Friends was built between 1682 and 1684.
1710History
== 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.
1712Architecture
The courts of the county were held in this building from 1712 until 1794.
1790History
== Neighborhoods ==
Ashby Commons
Ashby Park
Beechwood
Bretridge
Calvert Terrace
Chapel East
Cookes Hope
Crofton
Easton Club
Easton Village
Golton
The Hill (America's oldest fr...
1848Government
Thomas, Maryland governor (1848–1851), U.S.
1865Government
Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district
John Blake Rice, Mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1865 to 1869.
1878Culture
Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district
Delino DeShields Jr., MLB baseball player
Frances Farrand Dodge, (1878 - 1969), artist
Frederick Douglass, author and ab...
1906History
In 1906, Judge William R.
1907Education
Together, the woman began a nursing school in 1907.
1913History
Maggie Rogers, singer, songwriter and producer
William Pierce Rogers (1913–2001), Cabinet officer in the administrations of presidents Eisenhower and Nixon
James W.
1914Government
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.
1916Military
=== 20th century ===
In 1916, the town erected the "Talbot Boys" statue in honor of Confederate soldiers from Talbot County.
1919History
In 1919, Isaiah Fountain, a black farmer from Trappe, was the last person to be legally executed on the Eastern Shore.
1923Government
The town owns 18 diesel-powered electric generators with a total capacity of 69 megawatts at two sites, one at a plant built in 1923 located in the center of town on Washington ...
1924Infrastructure
== Sports ==
Easton was home to minor league baseball, as the Easton Yankees and other Easton teams played as members of the Class D level Eastern Shore League between 1924 and ...
1942History
Moaney, personal assistant to the Eisenhower family 1942-78
Chris Moore, producer for films including American Pie and Good Will Hunting
William O.
1963Infrastructure
== Notable people ==
Ruth Cox Adams, abolitionist
Harold Baines, MLB baseball player, Hall of Fame member
Birch Bayh, United States senator from Indiana (1963–1981)
J.
1984Architecture
The cable system in Easton was first built in 1984 and upgraded to a hybrid fiber/coax design in 2001.
2005History
Much of the 2005 film Wedding Crashers was filmed at the Ellenborough Estate in Easton.
2008History
=== 21st century ===
In 2008, a lost painting of a Paris street scene by Édouard Cortès was discovered amongst donated items at a Goodwill Industries store in Easton.
2011Economy
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.
2015History
In 2015, and again in August 2020, the Talbot County Council voted against removing the Talbot Boys statue, but in September 2021, the council voted to remove the statue.
2018History
In 2018, Easton was named one of America's top 5 coolest places to buy a vacation home by Forbes.
2020History
== Demographics ==
As of the census of 2020, there were 17,101 people, 7,195 households, and 4,079 families residing in the town.
2022History
It stood for 107 years before being removed in 2022 after years of controversy.