gannett.] GAZETTEER OF MARYLAND. 75 
Talbot; county, bounded southerly and southeasterly by the Choptank River and 
Tuckahoe Creek, northerly by Queen Anne County, and westerly by Chesapeake 
Bay. The surface is generally low and level and well drained by numerous 
streams flowing into the bay and bordering rivers. The area is 286 square miles, 
almost two-thirds of which, or 119,266 acres, were under cultivation in 1900. 
The population for the same year was 20,342. The county seat is Easton with a 
population of 3,074. St. Michaels and Oxford are also in this county and have 
a population of 1,042 and 1,243, respectively. The average magnetic declination 
in the county in 1900 was 5° 25 r west. The annual rainfall commonly ranges 
between 45 and 50 inches and the mean annual temperature between 50° and 55°. 
Tally; point in Anne Arundel County, projecting into Chesapeake Bay. 
Taneytown; town in Carroll County. Population 665. 
Tang-ier; sound, a part of Chesapeake Bay inclosed between series of low, marshy 
islands and the mainland of the peninsula in Somerset County. 
Tanhouse; creek, a small tributary to Chincoteague Bay in Worcester County. 
Tanner; creek, a small tributary to Chesapeake Bay in St. Mary County. 
Tannery; post village in Carroll County. 
Tanyard; post village in Caroline County. 
Tar; bay, a small inlet of Chesapeake Bay in Dorchester County. 
Tar Coal; cove, a small inlet of Magothy River, in Anne Arundel County. 
Tarkiln; run, a small tributary of Castleman River in Garrett County. 
Tars; creek, a small tributary of Tred Avon River in Talbot County. 
Tasker Corners; village in Garrett County. 
Tate; landing on Deep Creek in Anne Arundel County. 
Tavern; creek, a small tributary to Chesapeake Bay. 
Taylor; island, a large strip of elevated dry land in sea marshes of Dorchester 
County. 
Taylor; landing on Chincoteague Bay in Worcester County. 
Taylor; point in Dorchester County, projecting into Honga River. 
Taylor; post village in Harford County. 
Taylor Island; post village in Dorchester County. 
Taylorsville ; village in Carroll County. 
Taylorville; village in Worcester County. 
T. B. ; post village in Prince George County. 
Teag-ue; creek, a small tributary of Manokin River in Somerset County. 
Tedious; creek, a small tributary to Fishing Bay in Dorchester County. 
Templeville ; post village in Queen Anne County. 
Ten Mile; creek, a small tributary of Little Seneca Creek in Montgomery County. 
Terrapin Sand; cove, a small inlet of Chesapeake Bay in Somerset County. 
Terrapin Sand; point in Somerset County, projecting into Chesapeake Bay. 
Texas; post village in Baltimore County on the Northern Central Railway. 
Thackery; point in Cecil County, projecting into Elk River. 
Thayerville; post village in Garrett County. 
Theodore; village in Cecil County. 
The Three Sisters; three small marshy islands in Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arun- 
del County. 
Third Mine; branch, a small tributary of Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore County. 
Thomas; branch, a small tributary of Patuxent River in Anne Arundel County. 
Thomas; point in Anne Arundel County, projecting into Chesapeake Bay. 
Thomas; post village in Dorchester County. 
Thomas; run, a small branch of Cabin John Creek in Montgomery County. 
Thomas; run, a small tributary of Deer Creek in Harford County. 
Thomas Run; post village in Harford County. 
Thompson; creek, a small branch of Cox Creek in Queen Anne County. 
