![[photo, Anne Arundel County Courthouse, Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/an/images/i003915c.jpg)
In Maryland, the county seat is the town or city where county government is centered. Here is where the executive and legislative branches of county government have their offices, and where the county courthouse is found.
Anne Arundel County Courthouse, Church Circle, Maryland, November 1999. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, George Howard Building, 3430 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/how/images/1198-1-06703c.jpg)
George Howard Building, 3430 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland, October 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, Kent County Courthouse, 103 Cross St., Chestertown, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/ke/images/1198-1-1578.jpg)
Kent County Courthouse, 103 Cross St., Chestertown, Maryland, October 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, Talbot County Courthouse, 11 North Washington St., Easton, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/ta/jud/images/1198-1-07813c.jpg)
Talbot County Courthouse, 11 North Washington St., Easton, Maryland, August 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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