Taunton, Massachusetts
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| Nickname : The Silver city | |
 Bristol County Courthouse |
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| Location of Taunton, Massachusetts | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1637 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Massachusetts |
| County : | Bristol County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 54 ′ N , 71 ° 5 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 55,976 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 463.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 124.2 km 2 (approx. 48 mi 2 ) of which 120.7 km 2 (approx. 47 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 9 m |
| Postcodes : | 02718, 02780, 02783 |
| Area code : | +1 508, 774 |
| FIPS : | 25-69170 |
| GNIS ID : | 0613154 |
| Website : | www.taunton-ma.gov |
| Mayor : | Thomas Hoye |
Taunton is a city in Bristol County , Massachusetts , United States . The census in 2000, according to the city had a total population of 55,976. Taunton is the county seat of Bristol County. The city has an area of 124.2 km² (120.7 km² of land and 3.5 km² of water) and is located on the Taunton River .
history
English settlers bought the Cohannet area from the local Wampanoag . The settlement was founded by Elizabeth Poole in 1637 and officially organized as a parish on September 3, 1639 . The majority of the settlers came from Taunton in the English county of Somerset , which led to the renaming of the settlement in 1640. Several battles in King Philip's War and the American Revolutionary War took place in or near Taunton. Taunton was on 11. May 1864 reorganized as a city.
Taunton has long been home to various silver processing companies, including Taunton Silversmiths and FB Rogers Silver Co., and thanks them for its nickname "Silver City".
Elizabeth Poole was the first female founder of a place in America and also the first business woman with her iron forge, founded in 1652.
Twin cities
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United Kingdom , UK -
Angra do Heroísmo , Azores, Portugal -
Lagoa , Azores, Portugal
sons and daughters of the town
- Lemuel Williams (1747-1828), politician
- Francis Baylies (1783-1852), politician
- James L. Hodges (1790-1846), politician
- Joseph L. Tillinghast (1791–1844), politician
- Alexis Caswell (1799–1877), Baptist minister and President of Brown University
- Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862), goldsmith and metallurgist
- Samuel L. Crocker (1804-1883), politician
- Henry Williams (1805-1887), politician
- Seth Padelford (1807-1878), politician
- Joseph R. Williams (1808–1861), politician
- Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954), ornithologist
- William Z. Foster (1881–1961), politician (CPUSA) and trade union leader
- Basil O'Connor (1892–1972), lawyer and philanthropist
- Mildred Wiley (1901-2000), high jumper
- William S. Knowles (1917–2012), chemist and Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
- Ernie Furtado (1923-1995), jazz bassist
- Leon Kamin (1927-2017), psychologist
- Marc R. Pacheco (* 1952), politician