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<span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historic_districts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historic_districts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Historic districts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historic_districts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arts_and_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arts_and_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Arts and culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Arts_and_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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galleries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums_and_galleries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Education-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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href="#Middle_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.2</span> <span>Middle schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Middle_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-High_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#High_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.3</span> <span>High schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-High_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Private_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Private_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Private schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Private_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Higher_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Higher_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Higher education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Higher_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Media-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Media subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Television_and_radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Television_and_radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Television and radio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Television_and_radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Newspapers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Newspapers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Newspapers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Newspapers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Internet" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Internet"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Internet</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Internet-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infrastructure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Explanatory_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Explanatory_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Explanatory notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Explanatory_notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="تانتون، ماساچوست – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="تانتون، ماساچوست" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_(Massachusetts)" title="Taunton (Massachusetts) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Taunton (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD" title="Тонтън – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тонтън" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_(Massachusetts)" title="Taunton (Massachusetts) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Taunton (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Massachusetts)" title="Taunton (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Massachusetts) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Taunton (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Taunton, Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton" title="Taunton – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Taunton" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_(Massachusetts)" title="Taunton (Massachusetts) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Taunton (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_(Massachusetts)" title="Taunton (Massachusetts) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Taunton (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_(Masa%C4%89useco)" title="Taunton (Masaĉuseco) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Taunton (Masaĉuseco)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_(Massachusetts)" title="Taunton (Massachusetts) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Taunton (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="تانتون، ماساچوست – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تانتون، ماساچوست" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_(Massachusetts)" title="Taunton (Massachusetts) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Taunton (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Taunton, Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%86%DB%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA)" title="تانتن (ماساچۊست) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="تانتن (ماساچۊست)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A4%ED%84%B4_(%EB%A7%A4%EC%82%AC%EC%B6%94%EC%84%B8%EC%B8%A0%EC%A3%BC)" title="톤턴 (매사추세츠주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="톤턴 (매사추세츠주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_(Massachusetts)" title="Taunton (Massachusetts) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Taunton (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Taunton, Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Taunton, Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" 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Taunton, Massachusetts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.svg/100px-Flag_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.svg/150px-Flag_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.svg/200px-Flag_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Flag of Taunton, Massachusetts">Flag</a></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Taunton,_Massachusetts.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Taunton, Massachusetts"><img alt="Official seal of Taunton, Massachusetts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Seal_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.png/100px-Seal_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Seal_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.png/150px-Seal_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Seal_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.png/200px-Seal_of_Taunton%2C_Massachusetts.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Silver City, The Christmas City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><span class="nowrap"><i>Dux Femina Facti</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"A woman led the deed."</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bristol_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Taunton_highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Bristol County, Massachusetts"><img alt="Location in Bristol County, Massachusetts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Bristol_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Taunton_highlighted.svg/250px-Bristol_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Taunton_highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Bristol_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Taunton_highlighted.svg/375px-Bristol_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Taunton_highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Bristol_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Taunton_highlighted.svg/500px-Bristol_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Taunton_highlighted.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1086" data-file-height="833" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in <a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol County, Massachusetts</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Taunton,_Massachusetts&params=41_54_00_N_71_05_25_W_region:US-MA_type:city(59,000)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°54′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">71°05′25″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.90000°N 71.09028°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.90000; -71.09028</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts" title="List of counties in Massachusetts">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1637</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated (Town)</th><td class="infobox-data">1639</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated (City)</th><td class="infobox-data">1864</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Taunton" title="Taunton">Taunton</a>, England</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">Strong mayor / Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="List of mayors of Taunton, Massachusetts">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">[[]] (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_council" class="mw-redirect" title="City council">Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Taunton City Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Council President</th><td class="infobox-data">David Pottier (R)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">48.41 sq mi (125.39 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">46.71 sq mi (120.97 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">1.71 sq mi (4.42 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">30 ft (9 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2024</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">60,941</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,271.90/sq mi (491.08/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Tauntonian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ZIP Codes</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">02718, 02780, 02783</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_508" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 508">508</a> / <a href="/wiki/Area_code_774" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 774">774</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">25-69170</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0613154</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taunton-ma.gov">www<wbr />.taunton-ma<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Weir_Bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Weir_Bridge.jpg/220px-Weir_Bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Weir_Bridge.jpg/330px-Weir_Bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Weir_Bridge.jpg/440px-Weir_Bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Weir Bridge, Taunton</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taunton_Trial_Court.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Taunton_Trial_Court.jpg/220px-Taunton_Trial_Court.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Taunton_Trial_Court.jpg/330px-Taunton_Trial_Court.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Taunton_Trial_Court.jpg/440px-Taunton_Trial_Court.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1414" /></a><figcaption>Taunton Trial Court, completed in 2011</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kitson%27s_The_Hiker_stands_over_Taunton_Green,_Massachusetts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kitson%27s_The_Hiker_stands_over_Taunton_Green%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/170px-Kitson%27s_The_Hiker_stands_over_Taunton_Green%2C_Massachusetts.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kitson%27s_The_Hiker_stands_over_Taunton_Green%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/255px-Kitson%27s_The_Hiker_stands_over_Taunton_Green%2C_Massachusetts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kitson%27s_The_Hiker_stands_over_Taunton_Green%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/340px-Kitson%27s_The_Hiker_stands_over_Taunton_Green%2C_Massachusetts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The "Hiker" Statue on Taunton Green</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Taunton</b> is a city and <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol County, Massachusetts</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taunton is situated on the <a href="/wiki/Taunton_River" title="Taunton River">Taunton River</a>, which winds its way through the city on its way to <a href="/wiki/Mount_Hope_Bay" title="Mount Hope Bay">Mount Hope Bay</a>, 10 miles (16 km) to the south. At the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the city had a population of 59,408.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2020_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Shaunna_O%27Connell" title="Shaunna O'Connell">Shaunna O'Connell</a> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="List of mayors of Taunton, Massachusetts">mayor of Taunton.</a> </p><p>Founded in 1637 by members of the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth Colony</a>, Taunton is one of the oldest towns in the United States. Taunton is also known as the "Silver City", as it was a historic center of the <a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">silver</a> industry beginning in the 19th century when companies such as Reed & Barton, <a href="/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co." title="F. B. Rogers Silver Co.">F. B. Rogers</a>, Poole Silver, and others produced fine-quality silver goods in the city. </p><p>Since December 1914, the city of Taunton has provided a large annual light display each December on <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Green" class="mw-redirect" title="Taunton Green">Taunton Green</a>, giving it the additional nickname of the <i>Christmas City</i>. </p><p>The original boundaries of Taunton included the land now occupied by many surrounding towns, including <a href="/wiki/Norton,_Massachusetts" title="Norton, Massachusetts">Norton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Easton,_Massachusetts" title="Easton, Massachusetts">Easton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mansfield,_Massachusetts" title="Mansfield, Massachusetts">Mansfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dighton,_Massachusetts" title="Dighton, Massachusetts">Dighton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raynham,_Massachusetts" title="Raynham, Massachusetts">Raynham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berkley,_Massachusetts" title="Berkley, Massachusetts">Berkley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lakeville,_Massachusetts" title="Lakeville, Massachusetts">Lakeville</a>. Possession of the latter is still noted by the naming of <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Taunton Hill">Taunton Hill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Assonet,_Massachusetts" title="Assonet, Massachusetts">Assonet</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginnings">Beginnings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taunton was founded by settlers from England and officially <a href="/wiki/Incorporation_(municipal_government)" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporation (municipal government)">incorporated</a> as a <a href="/wiki/New_England_town" title="New England town">town</a> on September 3, 1639. Most of the town's settlers were originally from <a href="/wiki/Taunton" title="Taunton">Taunton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">England</a>, which led early settlers to name the settlement after that town. At the time of Taunton's incorporation, they explained their choice of name as being "in honor and love to our dear native country."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to 1640, the Taunton area was called Cohannet, Tetiquet or Titiquet. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/English_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="English Empire">English</a> founders of Taunton purchased the land from the Nemasket Natives in 1637 as part of the Tetiquet Purchase<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the remaining native families were relocated to the <a href="/wiki/Praying_town" title="Praying town">praying town</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ponkapoag" title="Ponkapoag">Ponkapoag</a> in present-day <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Massachusetts" title="Canton, Massachusetts">Canton, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Poole" title="Elizabeth Poole">Elizabeth Poole</a>, contrary to local folklore,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> did not take part in the town purchase but was among its greatest benefactors and played a significant role in the founding of its church.<sup id="cite_ref-qmillbook_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qmillbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Described as "the foundress of Taunton" and its matriarch, Poole "was accorded equality of rights, whether in the purchase of lands, [or] in the sharing of iron works holdings,"<sup id="cite_ref-1924hist_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1924hist-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having been a financier of the settlement's first dam and mill built for the manufacture of <a href="/wiki/Wrought_iron" title="Wrought iron">bar iron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-qmillbook_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qmillbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plymouth Colony was formally divided into counties on June 2, 1685, with Taunton becoming the shire town of Bristol County. The counties of Plymouth Colony were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Province of Massachusetts Bay</a> on the arrival of its charter and governor on May 14, 1692. The Taunton area has been the site of skirmishes and battles during various conflicts, including <a href="/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War" title="King Philip's War">King Philip's War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. Taunton was re-incorporated as a city on May 11, 1864. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industrial_legacy">Industrial legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Industrial legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1656, the first successful iron works in <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth Colony</a> was established on the Two Mile River, in what is now part of <a href="/wiki/Raynham,_Massachusetts" title="Raynham, Massachusetts">Raynham</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Iron_Works" title="Taunton Iron Works">Taunton Iron Works</a> operated for over 200 years until 1876. It was the first of many iron industries in Taunton. </p><p>During the 19th century, Taunton became known as the "Silver City", as it was home to many <a href="/wiki/Silversmithing" class="mw-redirect" title="Silversmithing">silversmithing</a> operations, including <a href="/wiki/Reed_%26_Barton" title="Reed & Barton">Reed & Barton</a>, <a href="/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co." title="F. B. Rogers Silver Co.">F.B. Rogers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Poole_Silver_Company" title="Poole Silver Company">Poole Silver Company</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Silverplate_Company" title="Taunton Silverplate Company">Taunton Silverplate Company</a>. </p><p>In the 19th century, Taunton was also the center of an important iron-making industry, utilizing much <a href="/wiki/Bog_iron" title="Bog iron">bog iron</a> from the numerous swamps in the surrounding area. The iron industry in Taunton produced a variety of goods including stoves (Weir Stove Company/Glenwood), tacks (Field Tack Company) and machinery. One of the more successful companies during this period was the <a href="/wiki/Mason_Machine_Works" title="Mason Machine Works">Mason Machine Works</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/William_Mason_(locomotive_builder)" title="William Mason (locomotive builder)">William Mason</a>, which produced machinery for the textile industry, as well as steam locomotives. The <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Locomotive_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Taunton Locomotive Works">Taunton Locomotive Works</a> (begun in 1846) also operated in the city during this time. </p><p>Taunton was also home to several textile mills (Whittenton Mills) and other industries, such as felt (Bacon Felt) and brick making. </p><p>During the 19th century, Taunton was a major shipping point for grain from the inland rural farm areas of Massachusetts to the rest of the nation via Weir Village and the <a href="/wiki/Taunton_River" title="Taunton River">Taunton River</a>. With the advent of the railroad, Taunton would also become an important transportation hub due to its central location. </p><p>The city formed the Taunton Municipal Light Plant (TMLP) in 1897, when it decided to purchase the floundering Taunton Electric Lighting Company, making it a publicly owned electric utility. Today, TMLP provides electric service to 34,000 customers in Taunton, Berkley, Raynham, and sections of Dighton, Lakeville and Bridgewater. TMLP is governed by a three-member Board of Commissioners, which is elected by the citizens of Taunton. </p><p>In the late 19th century, Taunton was a stop on the national bicycle racing circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1897, the one-mile (1.6 km) open event made news when third-place finisher W. E. Becker brutally attacked second-place winner <a href="/wiki/Major_Taylor" title="Major Taylor">Major Taylor</a>, knocking him unconscious for fifteen minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twentieth_century">Twentieth century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Twentieth century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Built in 1942, U.S. Army Camp Myles Standish was a departure point for over a million U.S. and allied military personnel bound for Europe during World War II. It also functioned as a prisoner of war camp housing German and Italian soldiers. While Camp Myles Standish was later closed in 1946, it was re-purposed as the Paul A Dever School which was a facility that housed mentally disabled persons. The school site of 220 acres (89 ha) was shut down in 1982. This portion was turned into an expansion scheme for the existing the Myles Standish Industrial Park, Taunton's north end, which is currently one of the largest in New England, covering an area over 800 acres (320 ha). It services manufacturing, offices, high tech, and distribution centers.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service" title="National Weather Service">National Weather Service</a> operates a regional weather forecast office that serves much of Massachusetts, all of <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, and most of northern <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> there. The National Weather Service also operates the Northeast River Forecast Center on the site, serving New England and most of <a href="/wiki/New_York_State" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State">New York state</a>. Several major companies operate within the industrial park and in other parts of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twenty-first_century">Twenty-first century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Twenty-first century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Whittenton_Pond_Dam" title="Whittenton Pond Dam">Whittenton Pond Dam</a> north of the downtown area threatened to fail following a week that brought 9 inches (230 mm) of rain to the city. Over 2,000 city residents were evacuated, all downtown businesses were ordered closed<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Mayor Robert Nunes issued a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a>. It is estimated that if the dam had failed, the <a href="/wiki/Mill_River_(Taunton_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mill River (Taunton River)">Mill River</a> would have inundated the downtown area with up to 6 feet (1.8 m) of water. In response, Massachusetts Governor <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> ordered an immediate inspection of high-risk dams throughout the Commonwealth.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, the historic <a href="/wiki/Taunton_City_Hall" title="Taunton City Hall">Taunton City Hall</a> was severely damaged in an arson fire. City government operated out of the former Lowell M. Maxham School on Oak Street for ten years, until the building was renovated and re-opened in September 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sudborough_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sudborough-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pitts_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pitts-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taunton_Court_Complex.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The building to the left is now used as a performing arts center called "The District Center for the Arts"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Taunton_Court_Complex.jpg/220px-Taunton_Court_Complex.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Taunton_Court_Complex.jpg/330px-Taunton_Court_Complex.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Taunton_Court_Complex.jpg/440px-Taunton_Court_Complex.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Taunton Courthouse Complex</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2012 Taunton became the target location for a <a href="/wiki/Wampanoag_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Wampanoag people">Wampanoag</a> <a href="/wiki/Native_American_gaming" title="Native American gaming">casino</a> complex which was embroiled in conflict by competing regional bands of the Wampanoag over territory claims.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposed casino resort complex location is adjacent to a local elementary school and the regional technical high school, generating protests by parent and teacher groups.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 10, 2012, the City of Taunton dedicated the Taunton <a href="/wiki/Global_War_on_Terrorism" class="mw-redirect" title="Global War on Terrorism">Global War on Terrorism</a> <a href="/wiki/War_Memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="War Memorial">War Memorial</a> on <a href="/wiki/Church_Green_(Taunton,_Massachusetts)" title="Church Green (Taunton, Massachusetts)">Church Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taunton is home to a <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_Mission_Systems" title="General Dynamics Mission Systems">General Dynamics Mission Systems</a> factory, which develops military communications equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taunton_ma_old_highlight.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Taunton_ma_old_highlight.png/220px-Taunton_ma_old_highlight.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Taunton_ma_old_highlight.png/330px-Taunton_ma_old_highlight.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Taunton_ma_old_highlight.png/440px-Taunton_ma_old_highlight.png 2x" data-file-width="788" data-file-height="466" /></a><figcaption>Municipalities (in grey) that were once part of Taunton</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 48.4 square miles (125.4 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 46.4 square miles (120.1 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.4 km<sup>2</sup>), or 3.53%, is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the third-largest city by area in Massachusetts,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barnstable,_Massachusetts" title="Barnstable, Massachusetts">Barnstable</a>. </p><p>Taunton has one major river, the <a href="/wiki/Taunton_River" title="Taunton River">Taunton River</a>, along with its tributaries, including the <a href="/wiki/Mill_River_(Taunton_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mill River (Taunton River)">Mill River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Three_Mile_River_(Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Mile River (Massachusetts)">Three Mile River</a>. The highest point in the city is near its southwest corner, with an elevation of 207 feet (63 m) above sea level. Prospect Hill, rising over <a href="/wiki/Lake_Sabbatia" title="Lake Sabbatia">Lake Sabbatia</a> north of the downtown, has an elevation of 197 feet (60 m).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>, Taunton has either a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate#Hot_summer_subtype" title="Humid continental climate">hot-summer humid continental climate</a> (abbreviated <i>Dfa</i>), or a hot-summer <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid sub-tropical climate</a> (abbreviated <i>Cfa</i>), depending on the isotherm used. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Taunton, Massachusetts, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1997–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br />(15.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.1<br />(14.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.9<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.9<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.5<br />(31.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.5<br />(35.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.0<br />(33.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.1<br />(31.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.2<br />(26.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.7<br />(21.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">97.2<br />(36.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.0<br />(4.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.5<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.7<br />(14.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.5<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.8<br />(25.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.6<br />(28.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.4<br />(28.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.0<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.6<br />(11.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.3<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61.0<br />(16.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(−1.8) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(−0.7) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.1<br />(8.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.7<br />(14.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.3<br />(19.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.2<br />(22.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.2<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.7<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.0<br />(11.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.4<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51.1<br />(10.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(−6.8) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(−5.9) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(−1.9) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.8<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.8<br />(13.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.8<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.3<br />(12.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.1<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(−3.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.1<br />(5.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(−18.2) </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(−16.8) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(−11.8) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(−4.9) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.9<br />(4.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.5<br />(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(7.7) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.7<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(−3.7) </td> <td style="background: #BABAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(−8.2) </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(−13.3) </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−3.1<br />(−19.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #6565FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−12<br />(−24) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−16<br />(−27) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6<br />(−21) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(−10) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3<br />(−19) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−16<br />(−27) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.72<br />(94) </td> <td style="background: #70FF70; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.43<br />(87) </td> <td style="background: #40FF40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.05<br />(128) </td> <td style="background: #44FF44; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.75<br />(121) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.38<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #5EFF5E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.08<br />(104) </td> <td style="background: #7AFF7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.50<br />(89) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.61<br />(92) </td> <td style="background: #66FF66; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.88<br />(99) </td> <td style="background: #5CFF5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.28<br />(109) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.15<br />(105) </td> <td style="background: #44FF44; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.94<br />(125) </td> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">48.77<br />(1,239) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(9.4) </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.7<br />(65.01) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">114.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6 </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3 </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 2006–2020)<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic_districts">Historic districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Historic districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts">National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts</a></div> <p>There are nine designated historic districts within the city: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Road_(Bristol_County,_Massachusetts)" title="Bay Road (Bristol County, Massachusetts)">Bay Road</a> Historic District, also known as <i>Post Road.</i> The road runs from Taunton to Boston. (1,300 acres or 530 ha), 1 structure, 2 objects)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol County</a> Courthouse Complex (13 acres, three buildings)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_Green_(Taunton,_Massachusetts)" title="Church Green (Taunton, Massachusetts)">Church Green</a> Historic District, also known as Meetinghouse Common (160 acres, 18 buildings, one object)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell_Mills_District" title="Hopewell Mills District">Hopewell Mills District</a> (120 acres, 13 buildings)</li> <li>Old Bay Road Historic District, also known as <i>The Post Road</i>; The King's Highway (150 acres, 1 structure, three objects)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reed_and_Barton_Complex" title="Reed and Barton Complex">Reed and Barton Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton_Green_Historic_District" title="Taunton Green Historic District">Taunton Green Historic District</a> (50 acres, 22 buildings, three objects)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton_State_Hospital" title="Taunton State Hospital">Taunton State Hospital</a> Historic District, also known as the <i>Taunton Lunatic Asylum</i> (1,250 acres or 510 ha), 38 buildings, eight structures)</li></ul> <p>Due to the annexation of towns from the original town of Taunton, the city now is irregularly shaped, with it (along with neighboring Raynham) roughly making a triangle. The city is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Norton,_Massachusetts" title="Norton, Massachusetts">Norton</a> to the northwest, <a href="/wiki/Easton,_Massachusetts" title="Easton, Massachusetts">Easton</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Raynham,_Massachusetts" title="Raynham, Massachusetts">Raynham</a> to the northeast, <a href="/wiki/Middleborough,_Massachusetts" title="Middleborough, Massachusetts">Middleborough</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Lakeville,_Massachusetts" title="Lakeville, Massachusetts">Lakeville</a> to the southeast, <a href="/wiki/Berkley,_Massachusetts" title="Berkley, Massachusetts">Berkley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dighton,_Massachusetts" title="Dighton, Massachusetts">Dighton</a> to the south, and <a href="/wiki/Rehoboth,_Massachusetts" title="Rehoboth, Massachusetts">Rehoboth</a> to the west. </p><p>City neighborhoods include the Bird Lanes, Clearview Estates, <a href="/wiki/East_Taunton" class="mw-redirect" title="East Taunton">East Taunton</a>, Elliot's Corner, Herring Run Estates, Linden Estates, Matthews Landing, <a href="/wiki/North_Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="North Taunton, Massachusetts">North Taunton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_Massachusetts" title="Oakland, Massachusetts">Oakland</a>, Pine Crest Estates, Pine Hill Estates, Wades Corner, <a href="/wiki/Weir_Village,_Massachusetts" title="Weir Village, Massachusetts">Weir Village</a>, Westville, Whittenton, Whittenton Junction, Britannia Village or Britanniaville, Willis Lake Village and Woodward Estates. Taunton is also home to almost the entirety of <a href="/wiki/Massasoit_State_Park" title="Massasoit State Park">Massasoit State Park</a> in East Taunton, and a large portion of the <a href="/wiki/Hockomock_Swamp" title="Hockomock Swamp">Hockomock Swamp</a> Wildlife Management Area in North Taunton. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,804</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,860</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,907</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,520</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+15.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">6,042</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+33.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">7,645</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+26.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">10,441</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+36.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">15,376</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+47.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">18,629</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">21,213</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+13.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">25,448</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+20.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">31,036</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+22.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">34,259</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">37,137</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">37,355</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">37,395</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">40,109</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">41,132</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">43,756</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">45,001</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">49,832</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">55,976</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">55,874</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">59,408</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2023*</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">60,412</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.7%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">* = population estimate. <br />Source: <a href="/wiki/United_States_census" title="United States census">United States census</a> records and <a href="/wiki/Population_Estimates_Program" title="Population Estimates Program">Population Estimates Program</a> data.<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Census_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Census-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2000-2009_PopulationEstimates_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000-2009_PopulationEstimates-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1990_Census_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1990_Census-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1980_Census_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1980_Census-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1950_Census_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1950_Census-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1920_Census_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920_Census-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1890_Census_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1890_Census-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1870_Census_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1870_Census-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1860_Census_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1860_Census-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1850_Census_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1850_Census-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1950_Census_Urban_populations_since_1790_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1950_Census_Urban_populations_since_1790-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Source: <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 55,874 people, 22,045 households, and 14,473 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,200.1 inhabitants per square mile (463.4/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 22,908 housing units at an average density of 491.5 per square mile (189.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> was 83.67% (79.7% Non-Hispanic) <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 4.84% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.26% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.0% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 5.59% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 2.21% from two or more races. Persons of <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> ethnicity constituted 6.73% of the population. </p><p>The city of Taunton was very multi-cultural with peoples of different origins living within the city. 34% of the city was <a href="/wiki/Luso-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Luso-American">Luso-American</a>. The biggest ethnic backgrounds people claimed were 23% <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_people" title="Portuguese people">Portuguese</a>, 17% <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a>, 9% <a href="/wiki/English_People" class="mw-redirect" title="English People">English</a>, 9% <a href="/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a>, 8% <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verdean</a> and 4% <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican-American">Puerto Rican</a>. Most of Taunton's immigration occurred near the turn of the 1900s when immigrants came to work in the city's mills. </p><p>There were 22,045 <a href="/wiki/Household" title="Household">households</a>, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 15.4% had a female <a href="/wiki/Household" title="Household">householder</a> with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. Of all households 28.2% were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.09. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males. </p><p>Males had a median income of $36,895 versus $27,686 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $19,899. About 10.0% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Numerous religious groups exist within the city, including Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish congregations. The First Parish Church, now a <a href="/wiki/Unitarian_Universalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Unitarian Universalist">Unitarian Universalist</a> church, located at Church Green at the east end of downtown, was founded in 1637, before the Town of Taunton was even established. The current church dates from 1830. The Pilgrim Congregational Church on Broadway was formed in 1821, its current church built in 1851. The city's oldest Roman Catholic parish, St. Mary's Church, is located further north at the intersection of Broadway and Washington Street, known as Saint Mary's Square. In the 1880s Jewish immigrants from Russia began to move to the town, and Congregation Agudath Achim was founded in 1911. The congregation is now an independent progressive synagogue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taunton's economy has historically been based on <a href="/wiki/Silversmith" title="Silversmith">silversmithing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding">shipbuilding</a>. Reed & Barton produced the <a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996 Summer Olympics</a> medals and silverware used exclusively for the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>. Also, the city produced the anchor for the <a href="/wiki/USS_Constitution" title="USS Constitution">USS <i>Constitution</i></a>. The nearby town of <a href="/wiki/Raynham,_Massachusetts" title="Raynham, Massachusetts">Raynham</a> produced the anchor for the Civil War-era <a href="/wiki/Ironclad" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironclad">ironclad</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Monitor" title="USS Monitor">USS <i>Monitor</i></a>. </p><p>Today, the city's economy has emphases on <a href="/wiki/Semiconductor" title="Semiconductor">semiconductor</a>, silicon, and <a href="/wiki/Electronics" title="Electronics">electronics</a> manufacturing. It is home to the corporate headquarters of many leading corporations in various industries. Currently, the city is trying to attract <a href="/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">biotechnology</a> research companies to its industrial parks. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Silver_City_Galleria" title="Silver City Galleria">Silver City Galleria</a> was a large <a href="/wiki/Shopping_mall" title="Shopping mall">shopping mall</a> in Taunton catering to the local city and to the neighboring towns and cities of Raynham, Berkley, Rehoboth, Dighton, New Bedford, Fall River, Norton, Easton, Assonet, Acushnet, Bridgewater, Lakeville, Middleboro, and Freetown. It was open for 28 years, closing on February 29, 2020 and was demolished on May 9, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_spaces">Public spaces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Public spaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:890px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taunton_Green_(Massachusetts)_Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Daffodils and flowering trees brighten Taunton Green on a spring day."><img alt="Taunton Green Panorama" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Taunton_Green_%28Massachusetts%29_Panorama.jpg/882px-Taunton_Green_%28Massachusetts%29_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="882" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Taunton_Green_%28Massachusetts%29_Panorama.jpg/1323px-Taunton_Green_%28Massachusetts%29_Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Taunton_Green_%28Massachusetts%29_Panorama.jpg/1764px-Taunton_Green_%28Massachusetts%29_Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9809" data-file-height="2558" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Taunton_Green_(Massachusetts)_Panorama.jpg" title="File:Taunton Green (Massachusetts) Panorama.jpg"> </a></div>Daffodils and flowering trees brighten Taunton Green on a spring day.</div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Green_Historic_District" title="Taunton Green Historic District">Taunton Green</a> is the city's central square. Early in its history, "The Green" was used as a training ground for militias in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. Some say it was also the site of the historic "Liberty & Union"/"Taunton" flag raising in 1774 by the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty" title="Sons of Liberty">Sons of Liberty</a>, prior to the American Revolution.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the early 20th century, Taunton Green has temporarily been transformed during the <a href="/wiki/Winter_holiday_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter holiday season">winter holiday season</a> into a grand display of holiday lights, scenes, and extravagant events. This is where and how the city earned its unofficial nickname in the surrounding areas as the "Christmas City." </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Mary_Taunton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Saint_Mary_Taunton.jpg/220px-Saint_Mary_Taunton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Saint_Mary_Taunton.jpg/330px-Saint_Mary_Taunton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Saint_Mary_Taunton.jpg/440px-Saint_Mary_Taunton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1587" /></a><figcaption>St. Mary's Church</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taunton_Public_Library_front_view_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Taunton_Public_Library_front_view_2015.jpg/220px-Taunton_Public_Library_front_view_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Taunton_Public_Library_front_view_2015.jpg/330px-Taunton_Public_Library_front_view_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Taunton_Public_Library_front_view_2015.jpg/440px-Taunton_Public_Library_front_view_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="1733" /></a><figcaption>Taunton Public Library</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bristol_Superior_Court_Taunton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bristol_Superior_Court_Taunton.jpg/220px-Bristol_Superior_Court_Taunton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bristol_Superior_Court_Taunton.jpg/330px-Bristol_Superior_Court_Taunton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bristol_Superior_Court_Taunton.jpg/440px-Bristol_Superior_Court_Taunton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1702" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bristol_County_Superior_Courthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol County Superior Courthouse">Bristol County Superior Courthouse</a>, Taunton</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pilgrim_Church_Taunton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Pilgrim_Church_Taunton.jpg/220px-Pilgrim_Church_Taunton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Pilgrim_Church_Taunton.jpg/330px-Pilgrim_Church_Taunton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Pilgrim_Church_Taunton.jpg/440px-Pilgrim_Church_Taunton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1214" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pilgrim_Congregational_Church_(Taunton,_Massachusetts)" title="Pilgrim Congregational Church (Taunton, Massachusetts)">Pilgrim Congregational Church</a></figcaption></figure> <p>"The Green" continues to provide a centralized location for citywide Christmas activities, other holidays, events, and parades for the citizens of Taunton. A fountain is located at the center of the Taunton Green. Always to be seen flapping together in emblematic unison, the "Liberty & Union" flag and the U.S. flag fly side by side on the flagpole at the city's center. </p><p>The city is served by a central public library, the <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Public_Library" title="Taunton Public Library">Taunton Public Library</a>, which opened in 1903 and has undergone several expansions and renovations since that time. Also of note is the <a href="/wiki/Old_Colony_Historical_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Colony Historical Society">Old Colony Historical Society</a>, which archives the city and region's past. </p><p>The city is home to two state parks operated by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Conservation_and_Recreation_(Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)">Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation</a>: <a href="/wiki/Massasoit_State_Park" title="Massasoit State Park">Massasoit State Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="East Taunton, Massachusetts">East Taunton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Watson_Pond_State_Park" title="Watson Pond State Park">Watson Pond State Park</a> in the north part of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city of Taunton has a wide array of architecture ranging from the colonial period to modern times. There are numerous pre-Revolutionary War private homes within the city, the oldest of which is the <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Willis_House" title="Joseph Willis House">Joseph Willis House</a> on Worcester Street, dating to about 1688. The city has over one hundred buildings listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts">National Register of Historic Places</a>. </p><p>Perhaps the most impressive structure in the city is the towering <a href="/wiki/Bristol_County_Superior_Courthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol County Superior Courthouse">Bristol County Superior Courthouse</a>, built in 1894 and designed by Frank Irving Cooper. With its tall copper dome, the Superior Courthouse is visible from many surrounding areas. It was added to the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1978. Currently, the Courthouse Complex is undergoing a major expansion and renovation program. </p><p>Other significant buildings in the city include some fine stone churches, including the First Parish Church (1830), the Pilgrim Congregational Church (1851) and <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Complex" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Mary's Complex">St. Mary's Church</a> (1868) on Broadway. </p><p>Downtown Taunton has a number of historic commercial blocks along Main Street, Taunton Green and Broadway, built during the period from about 1840 to 1920. </p><p>Many large homes built by the wealthy industrialists and merchants of the late 19th and early 20th century line <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_44" title="U.S. Route 44">Route 44</a>, both east (Dean Street) and west (Winthrop Street) of the city center, while a majority of the city is occupied by more modest wood-framed single and multi-family homes, many over 100 years old. Modern single-family <a href="/wiki/Subdivision_(land)" title="Subdivision (land)">subdivisions</a>, built mostly since the 1950s, exist on the outskirts of the sprawling city. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Central_Fire_Station_(Taunton,_Massachusetts)" title="Central Fire Station (Taunton, Massachusetts)">Central Fire Station</a> at 50 School Street is recognized as the oldest functioning station house in the United States. The historic <a href="/wiki/Taunton_City_Hall" title="Taunton City Hall">Taunton City Hall</a> is located adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Church_Green_(Taunton,_Massachusetts)" title="Church Green (Taunton, Massachusetts)">Church Green</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums_and_galleries">Museums and galleries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Museums and galleries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of New England's oldest historical societies, the <a href="/wiki/Old_Colony_Historical_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Colony Historical Society">Old Colony Historical Society</a> is located on picturesque Church Green. Founded in 1853, the Society maintains a museum of regional objects, houses a research library specializing in local history and genealogy, and hosts arts and cultural events throughout the year. </p><p>Taunton has four art galleries: Taunton Art Association (John Baradas Gallery), Hughes/Donahue Gallery, Art Euphoric, and the Trescott Street Gallery. The Taunton Art Association was founded in 1973 but had it roots in the Girl's Club in the early 1960s. Hughes/Donahue Gallery, founded in 2007, is a local community gallery serving local Taunton artists, as well as the surrounding areas of Southeastern Massachusetts and the cities of Providence, Rhode Island, and Washington, DC. Art Euphoric, founded in 2008, has both visual and craft exhibits and sales. The Trescott Street Gallery, founded in 2012, is primarily a visual-arts gallery but also exhibits crafts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2008, Hollywood director <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> filmed a portion of the film <i><a href="/wiki/Shutter_Island_(film)" title="Shutter Island (film)">Shutter Island</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> in Taunton on location at the Whittenton Mills Complex.<sup id="cite_ref-IMDB.com_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDB.com-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Surrogates" title="Surrogates">Surrogates</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Willis" title="Bruce Willis">Bruce Willis</a>, was partly filmed in the city, at the old Paul Dever school.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the seat of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol County</a>, Taunton is home to many of the county's courthouses and administrative offices. These include the Taunton District Court, Bristol County Register of Deeds, and historic Bristol County Superior Courthouse. </p><p>Taunton has a <a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">mayor–council</a> government system in which the mayor, who is elected every two years, has executive power. The incumbent mayor, <a href="/wiki/Shaunna_O%27Connell" title="Shaunna O'Connell">Shaunna O'Connell</a>, became mayor of Taunton in January 2020. She is the first female mayor elected in Taunton's history.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connell's predecessor, Thomas Hoye Jr., resigned after being appointed Bristol County Register of Probate by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Baker" title="Charlie Baker">Governor Charlie Baker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There has been some controversy regarding Hoye's appointment. The announcements of Hoye's appointment and O'Connell's mayoral campaign occurred simultaneously, just one day before nomination papers for public office were due. Various journalists and elected officials regarded Hoye's appointment as a "backroom deal" devised by <a href="/wiki/Karyn_Polito" title="Karyn Polito">Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito</a> to give O'Connell better chances of being elected mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Taunton City Council is the legislative branch of government in Taunton. It is made up of nine members who represent the city at-large. Taunton residents may vote for a maximum of nine City Council candidates during municipal elections; the nine candidates with the most votes become councilors. Councilors are elected to two-year terms, and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual councilor may serve. Despite officially being nonpartisan, the <i>de facto</i> composition of the City Council consists of six Republicans and three Democrats as of 2022. The leader of the City Council is the president, with the position rotating annually. Rather than being elected by the City Council, the most <a href="/wiki/Seniority" title="Seniority">senior</a> member of the City Council who has not yet served as president is given the title.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the City Council, there are four committees whose members are elected by voters to two-year terms: The School Committee, Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Board, and TMLP Commission. Taunton has numerous other commissions and departments whose members are appointed by the mayor and subsequently confirmed or rejected by the City Council, e.g. the Airport Commission and Historic District Commission. </p><p>Taunton is represented in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a> by three representatives: <a href="/wiki/Carol_Doherty" title="Carol Doherty">Carol Doherty</a> (D-<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%27_3rd_Bristol_district" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Bristol district">Third Bristol</a>), <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Haddad" title="Patricia Haddad">Pat Haddad</a> (D-<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%27_5th_Bristol_district" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Bristol district">Fifth Bristol</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Norman_Orrall" title="Norman Orrall">Norm Orrall</a> (R-<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%27_12th_Bristol_district" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Bristol district">Twelfth Bristol</a>). Taunton is represented in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Marc_Pacheco" title="Marc Pacheco">Marc Pacheco</a> (D-<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate%27s_1st_Plymouth_and_Bristol_district" title="Massachusetts Senate's 1st Plymouth and Bristol district">First Plymouth and Bristol</a>). Federally, Taunton is a part of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 4th congressional district">Massachusetts' 4th congressional district</a>, which is represented by <a href="/wiki/Jake_Auchincloss" title="Jake Auchincloss">Jake Auchincloss</a>. Taunton, like the rest of Massachusetts, is represented in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Ed Markey</a>. </p><p>Taunton is the hometown of many prominent political figures. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Treat_Paine" title="Robert Treat Paine">Robert Treat Paine</a>, a long-time Taunton resident, was a signer of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> and the first <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Attorney_General" title="Massachusetts Attorney General">Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts</a>. Democratic political consultant <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Cutter" title="Stephanie Cutter">Stephanie Cutter</a> and former governor <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Morton" title="Marcus Morton">Marcus Morton</a> also hail from Taunton. </p><p>Taunton has been visited by twelve former <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States" title="List of presidents of the United States">U.S. presidents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notably, <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> campaigned for <a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Zachary Taylor</a> in Taunton before the <a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_presidential_election" title="1848 United States presidential election">1848 presidential election</a>, twelve years before Lincoln was <a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election" title="1860 United States presidential election">elected president himself.</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most recently, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> campaigned at Friedman Middle School ahead of <a href="/wiki/Super_Tuesday" title="Super Tuesday">Super Tuesday</a> for <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign">Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Camp_Myles_Standish" title="Camp Myles Standish">Camp Myles Standish</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Prisoner-of-war_camp" title="Prisoner-of-war camp">prisoner of war camp</a> and welcoming area for a million Allied soldiers during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, was once a candidate site for the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations' headquarters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"> <caption>Taunton presidential election results<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th>Year </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party (United States)">Third parties</a> </th> <th>Total Votes </th> <th>Margin </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">2020</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.01%</b> <i>14,996</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.64% <i>11,148</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">2.35% <i>629</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26,773 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">2016</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.08%</b> <i>12,365</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.01% <i>9,973</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">5.91% <i>1,404</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23,742 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">2012</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.58%</b> <i>13,769</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.62% <i>8,925</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.81% <i>418</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23,112 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">2008</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.77%</b> <i>13,243</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.50% <i>8,677</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">2.73% <i>615</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,535 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2004 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">2004</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.22%</b> <i>13,206</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.77% <i>7,804</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.00% <i>213</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">21,223 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">2000</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.10%</b> <i>12,886</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.38% <i>5,816</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">5.51% <i>1,091</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19,793 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.72% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1996</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.27%</b> <i>10,635</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.76% <i>3,994</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">12.97% <i>2,181</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16,810 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1992</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>44.75%</b> <i>8,683</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.02% <i>5,049</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">29.23% <i>5,673</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19,405 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1988 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1988</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.82%</b> <i>8,953</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.05% <i>7,805</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.13% <i>191</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16,949 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1984 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1984</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.12% <i>7,516</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.27%</b> <i>8,337</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.61% <i>97</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15,950 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1980 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1980</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>45.73%</b> <i>7,591</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.82% <i>6,610</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">14.45% <i>2,398</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16,599 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1976 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1976</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.06%</b> <i>11,329</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.67% <i>6,049</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">3.27% <i>588</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,966 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1972 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1972</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.91%</b> <i>10,009</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.47% <i>6,876</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.62% <i>105</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16,990 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1968</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.45%</b> <i>11,735</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.20% <i>4,663</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">4.35% <i>745</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,143 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1964 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1964</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>79.83%</b> <i>13,786</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19.99% <i>3,452</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.18% <i>31</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,269 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">59.84% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1960</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.56%</b> <i>12,652</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.32% <i>6,053</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.12% <i>22</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18,727 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1956 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1956</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.48% <i>8,001</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.30%</b> <i>10,360</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.22% <i>41</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18,402 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1952 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1952</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.63%</b> <i>9,748</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">49.19% <i>9,471</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.18% <i>35</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19,254 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1948 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1948</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.84%</b> <i>11,592</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.52% <i>6,172</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.64% <i>115</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,879 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1944 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1944</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.51%</b> <i>8,645</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.36% <i>6,633</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.13% <i>20</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15,298 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">13.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1940</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.54%</b> <i>9,687</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.21% <i>7,106</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.25% <i>42</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16,835 </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15.33% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of August 24, 2024<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Number of Voters </th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td align="center">9,397 </td> <td align="center">27.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td align="center">3,366 </td> <td align="center">9.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td>Unaffiliated </td> <td align="center">30,306 </td> <td align="center">60.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FED105; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td align="center">210 </td> <td align="center">0.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">43,640 </th> <th align="center">100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Education in Taunton ranges from preschool through post-secondary education. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_primary_and_secondary">Public primary and secondary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Public primary and secondary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taunton has nine public elementary schools and three public middle schools.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Elementary_schools">Elementary schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Elementary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Edmund Hatch Bennett Elementary School</li> <li>East Taunton Elementary School</li> <li>Harold H. Galligan Elementary School</li> <li>Hopewell Elementary School</li> <li>Edward F. Leddy PreSchool</li> <li>Joseph C. Chamberlain Elementary School</li> <li>Elizabeth Pole Elementary School</li> <li>Mulcahey Elementary School (formerly Mulcahey Middle School)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Middle_schools">Middle schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Middle schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Benjamin A. Friedman Middle School</li> <li>Joseph H. Martin Middle School</li> <li>John F. Parker Middle School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="High_schools">High schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: High schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taunton has three public high schools: <a href="/wiki/Taunton_High_School" title="Taunton High School">Taunton High School</a>, Taunton Alternative High School, and <a href="/wiki/Bristol-Plymouth_Regional_Technical_School" title="Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School">Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School</a>. </p><p>Closed former schools in Taunton include: </p> <ul><li>Lowell M. Maxham Elementary School (closed in June 2010)<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Walker Elementary School (closed in June 2010)</li> <li>Pole Elementary School (closed 2007)</li> <li>Leonard Elementary School (closed 2009)</li> <li>Barnum School (closed 2013)</li> <li>Cohannet Middle School (closed in June 2000)</li> <li>Summer Street School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Private_schools">Private schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Private schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city has one Catholic school of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Fall_River" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River">Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River</a>, Our Lady of Lourdes School, in Weir Village,<sup id="cite_ref-Winokoor_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winokoor-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> serving grades Pre-K–8.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taunton formerly had one Catholic middle-high school, <a href="/wiki/Coyle_and_Cassidy_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Coyle and Cassidy School">Coyle and Cassidy School</a>. Prior to 2014 it had only high school and a separate Taunton Catholic Middle School provided middle school, but that year the two merged into the Coyle and Cassidy building.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coyle and Cassidy closed in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> and merged into Connolly, but Connolly did not take Coyle and Cassidy's middle school students, who were instead directed to Our Lady of Lourdes School.<sup id="cite_ref-Closingforgood_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Closingforgood-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It also formerly housed St. Mary's Primary School, a Catholic elementary which opened in 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was previously known as St. Mary's School and St. Mary's Elementary School.<sup id="cite_ref-Winokoor_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winokoor-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2008</span> its enrollment was about 266; this fell to 133 in 2018. The school closed that year. Principal Michael O'Brien stated that the state of the physical plant was one factor in the school's closure.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school did not have an elevator. In addition to the physical plant factor, the diocese also no longer wished to cover the school's expenses. In 2018 it was $500,000 in debt for salaries and other items, and it also had a $1.5 million debt for 2006–2014 medical/dental insurance costs.<sup id="cite_ref-Winokoor_66-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winokoor-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taunton is home to a satellite campus of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Community_College" title="Bristol Community College">Bristol Community College</a>, which is located at the (former) Taunton Catholic Middle School. In addition, the city houses career schools such as the Rob Roy Academy beauty school. <a href="/wiki/Bristol-Plymouth_Regional_Technical_School" title="Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School">Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School</a> offers adult education classes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_and_radio">Television and radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Television and radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taunton has local <a href="/wiki/Public,_educational,_and_government_access" class="mw-redirect" title="Public, educational, and government access">Public, educational, and government access</a> (PEG) <a href="/wiki/Cable_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Cable TV">cable TV</a> channels which include the <a href="/wiki/Public-access_television" title="Public-access television">Public-access television</a> Taunton Community Access and Media, Inc. (<a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> Channel 15; Verizon 22), <a href="/wiki/Educational_television" title="Educational television">Educational television</a> Taunton Educational Network (Comcast Channel 9; Verizon 23) which is run by the Taunton High School TV Studio and <a href="/wiki/Government-access_television" title="Government-access television">Government-access television</a> Taunton Municipal Network (Comcast Channel 17; Verizon 24). Comcast's Taunton system carries all Providence and Boston stations as well and both markets are available over-the-air. The two radio stations based in Taunton are AM 1530/ 99.7 FM WVBF (licensed to nearby Middleborough Center), which features local programming and the Talking Information Center out of Marshfield, a non-profit radio station serving the blind and print impaired population of Massachusetts; and WSNE-FM 93.3, which primarily serves the Providence radio market and has its studios in the city of <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a>. </p><p>From 1949 until 2007, Taunton was also served by local radio station <a href="/wiki/WPEP" title="WPEP">WPEP</a>-AM 1570. However the station was silenced with the upgrade of Keating Wilcox's station also on 1570, in <a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly, Massachusetts</a>. The city is now served by AM 1530/99.7 FM WVBF. Since August 2019, the station has been owned by Dean of the State Senate Marc R. Pacheco of Taunton, and programmed by longtime New England radio veteran Chris Keach, who started work at the station in 2010 when it was owned by Steven Callahan and managed by Tony Lopes. The AM signal now broadcasts with 5000 watts of power, and covers a large portion of Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newspapers">Newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taunton is served by several publications including the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silver_City_Bulletin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Silver City Bulletin (page does not exist)">Silver City Bulletin</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Brockton_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Brockton Enterprise">Brockton Enterprise</a></i>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Taunton_Daily_Gazette" title="Taunton Daily Gazette">Taunton Daily Gazette</a></i>. Regional papers of importance such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Globe">Boston Globe</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Herald" title="Boston Herald">Boston Herald</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Providence_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Journal">Providence Journal</a></i>, are also widely available. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internet">Internet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Internet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of the major Internet providers in Taunton are <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a>, <a href="/wiki/EarthLink" title="EarthLink">EarthLink</a>, SBC Yahoo! Dial, and <a href="/wiki/Verizon" title="Verizon">Verizon</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Municipal_Lighting_Plant" title="Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant">Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant</a> (TMLP), Taunton's <a href="/wiki/Electrical_power_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical power industry">electric company</a>, is also an Internet service provider for the city and its surrounding towns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fire_department">Fire department</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Fire department"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taunton has 127 firefighters on the Taunton Fire Department (TFD). The TFD currently operates out of five fire stations, located throughout the city, and operates a fire apparatus fleet of five engines, three ladders, one brush unit, one dive rescue unit, two fireboats, and several other special, support, and reserve units. The current Chief of Department is Timothy J. Bradshaw.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare_and_utilities">Healthcare and utilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Healthcare and utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Morton_Hospital.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Morton_Hospital.jpg/220px-Morton_Hospital.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Morton_Hospital.jpg/330px-Morton_Hospital.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Morton_Hospital.jpg/440px-Morton_Hospital.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1411" /></a><figcaption>Morton Hospital</figcaption></figure> <p>Taunton is home to the <a href="/wiki/Morton_Hospital_and_Medical_Center" title="Morton Hospital and Medical Center">Morton Hospital and Medical Center</a>, located on Washington Street, just north of the city center. </p><p>Taunton State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located on Hodges Avenue. One of its historic old buildings had to be demolished after it was severely damaged by fire in 2006. This hospital is now one of the very few mental health hospitals in Massachusetts for longer-term in-patient care of psychiatric patients.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Electricity is provided to residents by the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant (TMLP), located in the south end. The city has a municipal water system, with a treatment plant and water supply in nearby <a href="/wiki/Lakeville,_Massachusetts" title="Lakeville, Massachusetts">Lakeville</a>, as well as a public sewer system with a treatment plant on West Water Street in the south end of the city, discharging into the <a href="/wiki/Taunton_River" title="Taunton River">Taunton River</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Old_Colony_Railroad" title="Old Colony Railroad">Old Colony Railroad</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Branch_Railroad" title="Taunton Branch Railroad">Taunton Railway</a> began in 1838 as the main rail transportation system, both industrial and passenger, connecting Taunton with points south, east, north, and west, including <a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerset,_Massachusetts" title="Somerset, Massachusetts">Somerset</a> and <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attleboro,_Massachusetts" title="Attleboro, Massachusetts">Attleboro</a> and Providence, <a href="/wiki/Mansfield,_Massachusetts" title="Mansfield, Massachusetts">Mansfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoughton,_Massachusetts" title="Stoughton, Massachusetts">Stoughton</a> and Boston, <a href="/wiki/Raynham,_Massachusetts" title="Raynham, Massachusetts">Raynham</a>, Middleborough and <a href="/wiki/Wareham,_Massachusetts" title="Wareham, Massachusetts">Wareham</a> as time went on. </p><p>Taunton is the central highway hub of southeastern Massachusetts. Much of the eastern parts of the state's major highways intersect and/or run through the city, especially at its center. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_44#Massachusetts" title="U.S. Route 44">US 44</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_138" title="Massachusetts Route 138">MA 138</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_140" title="Massachusetts Route 140">MA 140</a> intersect at Taunton Green, the square at Taunton's center. MA 140 is also accessible from the eastern neighborhood of the city, popularly referred to as "East Taunton." Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Route_24_(Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Route 24 (Massachusetts)">MA 24</a> and MA 140 intersect near East Taunton, and it is at that junction that Route 140 ceases to be a two-lane divided freeway from the south and becomes a smaller state highway to the north. <a href="/wiki/Interstate_495_(Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)">Interstate 495</a> runs through the northern portion of Taunton, unofficially referred to as "North Taunton", and parallel to Myles Standish Industrial Park, Taunton's main industrial park. </p><p>Various smaller routes run through other parts of the city. These include a small portion of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_104" title="Massachusetts Route 104">MA 104</a>, close to the Taunton-Raynham city limits, and <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_79" title="Massachusetts Route 79">MA 79</a>, close to the Taunton-Berkley-Lakeville (<a href="/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth County, Massachusetts">Plymouth County</a>) city-town-county limits. Taunton is the western terminus of MA 104. It merges into US 44 after entering the city. </p><p>Several <a href="/wiki/CSX" class="mw-redirect" title="CSX">CSX</a> freight rails pass through the city on their way towards Fall River, New Bedford and a link-up with the line in Middleborough. The phased <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Rail" title="South Coast Rail">South Coast Rail</a> project is planned to extend <a href="/wiki/MBTA_Commuter_Rail" title="MBTA Commuter Rail">MBTA Commuter Rail</a> service through Taunton and to the cities of Fall River and New Bedford. Phase I of the project is currently under construction and is due to be completed by late 2023, it will extend the current <a href="/wiki/Old_Colony_Lines" title="Old Colony Lines">Middleborough/Lakeville Line</a> to Fall River and New Bedford via a station stop in <a href="/wiki/East_Taunton_station" title="East Taunton station">East Taunton</a>, but no stop in Downtown Taunton. Phase II of the project is proposed to be built by 2030, and would extend the current <a href="/wiki/Providence/Stoughton_Line" title="Providence/Stoughton Line">Stoughton Line</a> south through <a href="/wiki/Easton,_Massachusetts" title="Easton, Massachusetts">Easton</a>, Raynham, and <a href="/wiki/Taunton_station_(Old_Colony_Railroad)" title="Taunton station (Old Colony Railroad)">a stop near Downtown Taunton on Dean Street</a>, before joining the route of Phase I. The <a href="/wiki/Greater_Attleboro_Taunton_Regional_Transit_Authority" title="Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority">Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority</a>, or GATRA, provides bus <a href="/wiki/Public_transport" title="Public transport">mass transit</a>. </p><p>Taunton has its own <a href="/wiki/Taunton_Municipal_Airport" title="Taunton Municipal Airport">municipal airport</a>, serving mostly smaller craft and occasional commuter jets. The nearest airport with national airline service is <a href="/wiki/T.F._Green_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="T.F. Green Airport">T.F. Green Airport</a> in Rhode Island, and the nearest international service is at <a href="/wiki/Logan_International_Airport" title="Logan International Airport">Logan International Airport</a> in Boston. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="List of people from Taunton, Massachusetts">List of people from Taunton, Massachusetts</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taunton is a <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">sister city</a> of: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Taunton" title="Taunton">Taunton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, England, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Angra_do_Heroismo" class="mw-redirect" title="Angra do Heroismo">Angra do Heroismo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terceira" class="mw-redirect" title="Terceira">Terceira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lagoa_(Azores)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagoa (Azores)">Lagoa (Azores)</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Miguel_Island" title="São Miguel Island">Sao Miguel</a>, Azores, Portugal</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mill_towns_in_Massachusetts" title="List of mill towns in Massachusetts">List of mill towns in Massachusetts</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Explanatory notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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It is known that Ms. Poole became the owner of land in this vicinity, and an active promoter of its interests."<sup id="cite_ref-qmillbook_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qmillbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Several of the leading citizens of the place, including George Hall, Richard Williams, Walter Deane, James Walker, Oliver Purchis, Elizabeth Poole and others formed a joint stock company with a capital of £600, and built a dam accorss the Two Mile river, on the main road leading to Raynham, and made all the preparations for the manufacture of bar iron from bog ore."<sup id="cite_ref-qmillbook_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qmillbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_25.txt">"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 6,</span> 2017</span>. <q>She would become the first woman to found a town in the Americas.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Elizabeth+Poole%2C+the+Puritan+Who+Founded+a+Town&rft.pub=New+England+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com%2Felizabeth-poole-first-woman-found-town-americas%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaunton%2C+Massachusetts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1924hist-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1924hist_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHutt1924" class="citation book cs1">Hutt, Frank Wolcott, ed. (1924). "Chapter III. 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States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Ann" title="Cape Ann">Cape Ann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Massachusetts" title="Central Massachusetts">Central Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Blackstone_Valley" title="Blackstone Valley">Blackstone Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montachusett-North_County" title="Montachusett-North County">Montachusett-North County</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_County_(Massachusetts)" title="South County (Massachusetts)">South County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Greater Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Lowell" title="Greater Lowell">Greater Lowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_Valley" title="Merrimack Valley">Merrimack Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MetroWest" title="MetroWest">MetroWest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Massachusetts)" title="North Shore (Massachusetts)">North Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Massachusetts" title="Southeastern Massachusetts">Southeastern Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_(Massachusetts)" title="South Coast (Massachusetts)">South Coast</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Shore_(Massachusetts)" title="South Shore (Massachusetts)">South Shore</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Massachusetts" title="Western Massachusetts">Western Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Berkshires" class="mw-redirect" title="The Berkshires">The Berkshires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Housatonic_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Housatonic Valley">Housatonic Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Valley" title="Pioneer Valley">Pioneer Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quabbin-Swift_River_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Quabbin-Swift River Valley">Quabbin-Swift River Valley</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts" title="List of counties in Massachusetts">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnstable_County,_Massachusetts" title="Barnstable County, Massachusetts">Barnstable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Berkshire County, Massachusetts">Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukes_County,_Massachusetts" title="Dukes County, Massachusetts">Dukes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Essex County, Massachusetts">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin County, Massachusetts">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampden_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampden County, Massachusetts">Hampden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampshire County, Massachusetts">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Middlesex County, Massachusetts">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantucket" title="Nantucket">Nantucket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Norfolk County, Massachusetts">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth County, Massachusetts">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Suffolk County, Massachusetts">Suffolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester County, Massachusetts">Worcester</a></li> <li>Note: Nine former counties were in the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Maine" title="District of Maine">District of Maine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Massachusetts" title="List of municipalities in Massachusetts">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agawam,_Massachusetts" title="Agawam, Massachusetts">Agawam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Amesbury, Massachusetts">Amesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attleboro,_Massachusetts" title="Attleboro, Massachusetts">Attleboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnstable,_Massachusetts" title="Barnstable, Massachusetts">Barnstable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braintree,_Massachusetts" title="Braintree, Massachusetts">Braintree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater,_Massachusetts" title="Bridgewater, Massachusetts">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brockton,_Massachusetts" title="Brockton, Massachusetts">Brockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts" title="Chelsea, Massachusetts">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicopee,_Massachusetts" title="Chicopee, Massachusetts">Chicopee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Longmeadow,_Massachusetts" title="East Longmeadow, Massachusetts">East Longmeadow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easthampton,_Massachusetts" title="Easthampton, Massachusetts">Easthampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts" title="Everett, Massachusetts">Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitchburg,_Massachusetts" title="Fitchburg, Massachusetts">Fitchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Framingham,_Massachusetts" title="Framingham, Massachusetts">Framingham</a></li> <li><a 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Massachusetts">Malden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_Massachusetts" title="Marlborough, Massachusetts">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts" title="Medford, Massachusetts">Medford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Massachusetts" title="Melrose, Massachusetts">Melrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methuen,_Massachusetts" title="Methuen, Massachusetts">Methuen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburyport,_Massachusetts" title="Newburyport, Massachusetts">Newburyport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts" title="Newton, Massachusetts">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Adams,_Massachusetts" title="North Adams, Massachusetts">North Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton,_Massachusetts" title="Northampton, Massachusetts">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmer,_Massachusetts" title="Palmer, Massachusetts">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts" title="Peabody, Massachusetts">Peabody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsfield,_Massachusetts" title="Pittsfield, Massachusetts">Pittsfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph,_Massachusetts" title="Randolph, Massachusetts">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts" title="Revere, Massachusetts">Revere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Southbridge, Massachusetts">Southbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown,_Massachusetts" title="Watertown, Massachusetts">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield,_Massachusetts" title="Westfield, Massachusetts">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="West Springfield, Massachusetts">West Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Weymouth, Massachusetts">Weymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winthrop,_Massachusetts" title="Winthrop, Massachusetts">Winthrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Woburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a></li> <li>Note: Municipalities not listed have a town meeting form of government (see <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Massachusetts" title="List of municipalities in Massachusetts">all municipalities</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span 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NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strafford_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Strafford County, New Hampshire">Strafford, NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Suffolk County, Massachusetts">Suffolk, MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Washington County, Rhode Island">Washington, RI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester County, Massachusetts">Worcester, MA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Major cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />100k-250k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brockton,_Massachusetts" title="Brockton, Massachusetts">Brockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn,_Massachusetts" title="Lynn, Massachusetts">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />25k-100k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andover,_Massachusetts" title="Andover, Massachusetts">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Massachusetts" title="Arlington, Massachusetts">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attleboro,_Massachusetts" title="Attleboro, Massachusetts">Attleboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billerica,_Massachusetts" title="Billerica, Massachusetts">Billerica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braintree,_Massachusetts" title="Braintree, Massachusetts">Braintree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater,_Massachusetts" title="Bridgewater, Massachusetts">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookline,_Massachusetts" title="Brookline, Massachusetts">Brookline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelmsford,_Massachusetts" title="Chelmsford, Massachusetts">Chelmsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts" title="Chelsea, Massachusetts">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry,_Rhode_Island" title="Coventry, Rhode Island">Coventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranston,_Rhode_Island" title="Cranston, Rhode Island">Cranston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Rhode_Island" title="Cumberland, Rhode Island">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danvers,_Massachusetts" title="Danvers, Massachusetts">Danvers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth,_Massachusetts" title="Dartmouth, Massachusetts">Dartmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derry,_New_Hampshire" title="Derry, New Hampshire">Derry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover,_New_Hampshire" title="Dover, New Hampshire">Dover (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dracut,_Massachusetts" title="Dracut, Massachusetts">Dracut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="East Providence, Rhode Island">East Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts" title="Everett, Massachusetts">Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitchburg,_Massachusetts" title="Fitchburg, Massachusetts">Fitchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Framingham,_Massachusetts" title="Framingham, Massachusetts">Framingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin, Massachusetts">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester,_Massachusetts" title="Gloucester, Massachusetts">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston,_Rhode_Island" title="Johnston, Rhode Island">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leominster,_Massachusetts" title="Leominster, Massachusetts">Leominster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Massachusetts" title="Lexington, Massachusetts">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malden,_Massachusetts" title="Malden, Massachusetts">Malden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_Massachusetts" title="Marlborough, Massachusetts">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshfield,_Massachusetts" title="Marshfield, Massachusetts">Marshfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts" title="Medford, Massachusetts">Medford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Massachusetts" title="Melrose, Massachusetts">Melrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack, New Hampshire">Merrimack (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methuen,_Massachusetts" title="Methuen, Massachusetts">Methuen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_Massachusetts" title="Milford, Massachusetts">Milford (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_Massachusetts" title="Milton, Massachusetts">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natick,_Massachusetts" title="Natick, Massachusetts">Natick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needham,_Massachusetts" title="Needham, Massachusetts">Needham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts" title="Newton, Massachusetts">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Andover,_Massachusetts" title="North Andover, Massachusetts">North Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Attleboro,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="North Attleboro, Massachusetts">North Attleboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island" title="North Kingstown, Rhode Island">North Kingstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="North Providence, Rhode Island">North Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood,_Massachusetts" title="Norwood, Massachusetts">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawtucket,_Rhode_Island" title="Pawtucket, Rhode Island">Pawtucket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts" title="Peabody, Massachusetts">Peabody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth, Massachusetts">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts" title="Revere, Massachusetts">Revere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_Hampshire" title="Rochester, New Hampshire">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_New_Hampshire" title="Salem, New Hampshire">Salem (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saugus,_Massachusetts" title="Saugus, Massachusetts">Saugus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury,_Massachusetts" title="Shrewsbury, Massachusetts">Shrewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island" title="South Kingstown, Rhode Island">South Kingstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoughton,_Massachusetts" title="Stoughton, Massachusetts">Stoughton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tewksbury,_Massachusetts" title="Tewksbury, Massachusetts">Tewksbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_Massachusetts" title="Wakefield, Massachusetts">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="Warwick, Rhode Island">Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown,_Massachusetts" title="Watertown, Massachusetts">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellesley,_Massachusetts" title="Wellesley, Massachusetts">Wellesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="West Warwick, Rhode Island">West Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Weymouth, Massachusetts">Weymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Woburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woonsocket,_Rhode_Island" title="Woonsocket, Rhode Island">Woonsocket</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />10k-25k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abington,_Massachusetts" title="Abington, Massachusetts">Abington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acton,_Massachusetts" title="Acton, Massachusetts">Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acushnet,_Massachusetts" title="Acushnet, Massachusetts">Acushnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Amesbury, Massachusetts">Amesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_New_Hampshire" title="Amherst, New Hampshire">Amherst (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Massachusetts" title="Ashland, Massachusetts">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athol,_Massachusetts" title="Athol, Massachusetts">Athol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_Massachusetts" title="Auburn, Massachusetts">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrington,_Rhode_Island" title="Barrington, Rhode Island">Barrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="Bedford, Massachusetts">Bedford (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bedford, New Hampshire">Bedford (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellingham,_Massachusetts" title="Bellingham, Massachusetts">Bellingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_Massachusetts" title="Belmont, Massachusetts">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol, Rhode Island">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Massachusetts" title="Burlington, Massachusetts">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrillville,_Rhode_Island" title="Burrillville, Rhode Island">Burrillville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Massachusetts" title="Canton, Massachusetts">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carver,_Massachusetts" title="Carver, Massachusetts">Carver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Falls,_Rhode_Island" title="Central Falls, Rhode Island">Central Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton,_Massachusetts" title="Charlton, Massachusetts">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Massachusetts" title="Clinton, Massachusetts">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_Massachusetts" title="Concord, Massachusetts">Concord (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dedham,_Massachusetts" title="Dedham, Massachusetts">Dedham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley,_Massachusetts" title="Dudley, Massachusetts">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duxbury,_Massachusetts" title="Duxbury, Massachusetts">Duxbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Bridgewater,_Massachusetts" title="East Bridgewater, Massachusetts">East Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich,_Rhode_Island" title="East Greenwich, Rhode Island">East Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Massachusetts" title="Easton, Massachusetts">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter,_New_Hampshire" title="Exeter, New Hampshire">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairhaven,_Massachusetts" title="Fairhaven, Massachusetts">Fairhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardner,_Massachusetts" title="Gardner, Massachusetts">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goffstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Goffstown, New Hampshire">Goffstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_Massachusetts" title="Grafton, Massachusetts">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groton,_Massachusetts" title="Groton, Massachusetts">Groton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampton, New Hampshire">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover,_Massachusetts" title="Hanover, Massachusetts">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanson,_Massachusetts" title="Hanson, Massachusetts">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts" title="Hingham, Massachusetts">Hingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holbrook,_Massachusetts" title="Holbrook, Massachusetts">Holbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holden,_Massachusetts" title="Holden, Massachusetts">Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holliston,_Massachusetts" title="Holliston, Massachusetts">Holliston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooksett,_New_Hampshire" title="Hooksett, New Hampshire">Hooksett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_Massachusetts" title="Hopkinton, Massachusetts">Hopkinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_Massachusetts" title="Hudson, Massachusetts">Hudson (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_New_Hampshire" title="Hudson, New Hampshire">Hudson (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull,_Massachusetts" title="Hull, Massachusetts">Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich,_Massachusetts" title="Ipswich, Massachusetts">Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Massachusetts" title="Kingston, Massachusetts">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laconia,_New_Hampshire" title="Laconia, New Hampshire">Laconia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeville,_Massachusetts" title="Lakeville, Massachusetts">Lakeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester,_Massachusetts" title="Leicester, Massachusetts">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Rhode_Island" title="Lincoln, Rhode Island">Lincoln (Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Londonderry,_New_Hampshire" title="Londonderry, New Hampshire">Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunenburg,_Massachusetts" title="Lunenburg, Massachusetts">Lunenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynnfield,_Massachusetts" title="Lynnfield, Massachusetts">Lynnfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield,_Massachusetts" title="Mansfield, Massachusetts">Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marblehead,_Massachusetts" title="Marblehead, Massachusetts">Marblehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maynard,_Massachusetts" title="Maynard, Massachusetts">Maynard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medfield,_Massachusetts" title="Medfield, Massachusetts">Medfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medway,_Massachusetts" title="Medway, Massachusetts">Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleborough,_Massachusetts" title="Middleborough, Massachusetts">Middleborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Rhode_Island" title="Middletown, Rhode Island">Middletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_New_Hampshire" title="Milford, New Hampshire">Milford (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millbury,_Massachusetts" title="Millbury, Massachusetts">Millbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narragansett,_Rhode_Island" title="Narragansett, Rhode Island">Narragansett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburyport,_Massachusetts" title="Newburyport, Massachusetts">Newburyport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Massachusetts" title="Norfolk, Massachusetts">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northborough,_Massachusetts" title="Northborough, Massachusetts">Northborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Northbridge, Massachusetts">Northbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Reading,_Massachusetts" title="North Reading, Massachusetts">North Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Smithfield,_Rhode_Island" title="North Smithfield, Rhode Island">North Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton,_Massachusetts" title="Norton, Massachusetts">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwell,_Massachusetts" title="Norwell, Massachusetts">Norwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Massachusetts" title="Oxford, Massachusetts">Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts" title="Peabody, Massachusetts">Peabody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelham,_New_Hampshire" title="Pelham, New Hampshire">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembroke,_Massachusetts" title="Pembroke, Massachusetts">Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepperell,_Massachusetts" title="Pepperell, Massachusetts">Pepperell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Rhode_Island" title="Portsmouth, Rhode Island">Portsmouth (Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph,_Massachusetts" title="Randolph, Massachusetts">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond,_New_Hampshire" title="Raymond, New Hampshire">Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raynham,_Massachusetts" title="Raynham, Massachusetts">Raynham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Massachusetts" title="Reading, Massachusetts">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehoboth,_Massachusetts" title="Rehoboth, Massachusetts">Rehoboth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockland,_Massachusetts" title="Rockland, Massachusetts">Rockland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scituate,_Massachusetts" title="Scituate, Massachusetts">Scituate (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scituate,_Rhode_Island" title="Scituate, Rhode Island">Scituate (Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seekonk,_Massachusetts" title="Seekonk, Massachusetts">Seekonk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon,_Massachusetts" title="Sharon, Massachusetts">Sharon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_Rhode_Island" title="Smithfield, Rhode Island">Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset,_Massachusetts" title="Somerset, Massachusetts">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somersworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Somersworth, New Hampshire">Somersworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Southbridge, Massachusetts">Southbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoneham,_Massachusetts" title="Stoneham, Massachusetts">Stoneham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer,_Massachusetts" title="Spencer, Massachusetts">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudbury,_Massachusetts" title="Sudbury, Massachusetts">Sudbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swampscott,_Massachusetts" title="Swampscott, Massachusetts">Swampscott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea,_Massachusetts" title="Swansea, Massachusetts">Swansea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiverton,_Rhode_Island" title="Tiverton, Rhode Island">Tiverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyngsborough,_Massachusetts" title="Tyngsborough, Massachusetts">Tyngsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Uxbridge, Massachusetts">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walpole,_Massachusetts" title="Walpole, Massachusetts">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wareham,_Massachusetts" title="Wareham, Massachusetts">Wareham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Rhode_Island" title="Warren, Rhode Island">Warren (Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayland,_Massachusetts" title="Wayland, Massachusetts">Wayland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster,_Massachusetts" title="Webster, Massachusetts">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westborough,_Massachusetts" title="Westborough, Massachusetts">Westborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerly,_Rhode_Island" title="Westerly, Rhode Island">Westerly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westford,_Massachusetts" title="Westford, Massachusetts">Westford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston,_Massachusetts" title="Weston, Massachusetts">Weston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport,_Massachusetts" title="Westport, Massachusetts">Westport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westwood,_Massachusetts" title="Westwood, Massachusetts">Westwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitman,_Massachusetts" title="Whitman, Massachusetts">Whitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Massachusetts" title="Wilmington, Massachusetts">Wilmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchendon,_Massachusetts" title="Winchendon, Massachusetts">Winchendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Massachusetts" title="Winchester, Massachusetts">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windham,_New_Hampshire" title="Windham, New Hampshire">Windham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winthrop,_Massachusetts" title="Winthrop, Massachusetts">Winthrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrentham,_Massachusetts" title="Wrentham, Massachusetts">Wrentham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Sub-regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> proper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Massachusetts" title="Central Massachusetts">Central Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_Valley" title="Merrimack Valley">Merrimack Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MetroWest" title="MetroWest">MetroWest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Massachusetts)" title="North Shore (Massachusetts)">North Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Coast_(Massachusetts)" title="South Coast (Massachusetts)">South Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shore_(Massachusetts)" title="South Shore (Massachusetts)">South Shore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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