![[photo, Washington & East Dover Sts, Easton, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/37mun/easton/images/1198-1-020b.jpg)
Talbot County has five municipalities:
Easton,
Oxford,
Queen Anne,
St. Michaels, and
Trappe. Of these,
Easton, the county seat, was the first to form its own government in 1790.
It was followed by St. Michaels (1804), Trappe (1827), Oxford (1852), and
Queen Anne (1953).
Washington & East Dover Sts, Easton, Maryland, June 2002. Photo by
Diane F. Evartt.
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