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Taunton
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city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Bristol
- Named after
- Taunton , England
- Type
- Strong mayor / Council
- Mayor
- Shaunna O'Connell
- Council
- Taunton City Council
- City council president
- Barry Sanders
- Total
- 48.41 sq mi (125.39 km )
- Land
- 46.71 sq mi (120.97 km )
- Water
- 1.71 sq mi (4.42 km )
- Elevation
- 30 ft (9 m)
- Density
- 1,271.9/sq mi (491.08/km )
- Demonym
- Tauntonian
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 02780 (Taunton), 02718 ( East Taunton )
- Area code
- 508 / 774
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- Taunton
- Official name
- Taunton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bristol County
- Population
- 59408
- Area
- 125.389154
- Elevation
- 9
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Capital of
- Bristol County
- Official website
- www.taunton-ma.gov
- Image
- Taunton Green Statue.jpg
- Households
- 22077
Show 11 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Lagoa
- Commons category
- Taunton, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Taunton, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1637-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Taunton, Massachusetts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Taunton, Massachusetts
- native label
- Taunton
- postal code
- 02780
- P8168
- Montfermeil
- water as percent of area
- 3.5334
- per capita income
- 31952
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Encyclopedic overview
Weir Bridge, Taunton Taunton Trial Court, completed in 2011 The "Hiker" Statue on Taunton Green
Taunton is a city in and the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Taunton is situated on the Taunton River, which winds its way through the city on its way to Mount Hope Bay, 10 miles (16 km) to the south. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 59,408; this makes Taunton the third most populated municipality in Bristol County behind New Bedford and Fall River. Shaunna O'Connell is the mayor of Taunton.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taunton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.