Talbert

Ghost town · Prince George's County, Maryland

Brandywine quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1892, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Talbert is a ghost town in Prince George's County, Maryland. It is one of 3 former communities in Prince George's County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 24 Maryland counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Talbert as a historical populated place on the Brandywine topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.7293° N, 76.8275° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Brandywine
Elevation	236 ft
Nearest living town	Rosaryville, MD
Distance to it	2.6 miles
GNIS feature ID	1714905
Coordinates	38.72928, -76.82747

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What's there now

Talbert is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rosaryville, MD (population 12,206), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 236 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Patuxent Highland
ghost town · Calvert County · 7.4 mi
Bristol Landing
ghost town · Anne Arundel County · 7.9 mi
Wilson
ghost town · Calvert County · 10.9 mi
Fort Washington Light
lighthouse · Prince George's County · 11.4 mi
Jones Point Light
lighthouse · Alexandria County · 12.3 mi
Sunderlandville
ghost town · Calvert County · 12.6 mi
Potomac City
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 12.9 mi
Nacocktanke
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 13.3 mi
Nacotchtanke
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 13.3 mi
Pipetown
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 13.4 mi
Carrollsburg
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 14 mi
Tauxenent
ghost town · Fairfax County · 14.1 mi

Questions

Where is Talbert?

Talbert is in Prince George's County, Maryland, at 38.7293, -76.8275.

How many ghost towns are in Prince George's County?

Prince George's County, Maryland has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.