Taunton, Massachusetts

Taunton, Massachusetts
Taunton, Massachusetts
City
	First Parish Church in Taunton
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	Nickname: The Silver city
	Location in Bristol County, Massachusetts
	Coordinates: 41°54′00″N 71°05′25″W / 41.90000°N 71.09028°W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Bristol
Settled	1637
Incorporated	1639
Government
• Type	Mayor-City Council
• Mayor	Thomas Hoye, Jr.
Area
• Total	48.0 sq mi (124.2 km2)
• Land	46.6 sq mi (120.7 km2)
• Water	1.4 sq mi (3.5 km2)
Elevation	30 ft (9 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	55,976
• Density	463.7/sq mi (1,201.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	02718, 02780, 02783
Area code	508 / 774
FIPS code	25-69170
GNIS feature ID	0613154
Website	/ www.taunton-ma.gov

Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County and the hub of the Greater Taunton Area. As of the 2000 census, Taunton had 55,976 people living in it. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has an area of 48.0 square miles.

Sister city

Taunton shares a sister city status with:

v t e Municipalities and communities of Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
County seat: Taunton
Cities	Attleboro Fall River New Bedford Taunton
Towns	Acushnet Berkley Dartmouth Dighton Easton Fairhaven Freetown Mansfield North Attleborough Norton Raynham Rehoboth Seekonk Somerset Swansea Westport
CDPs	Acushnet Center Bliss Corner Mansfield Center North Seekonk North Westport Norton Center Ocean Grove Raynham Center Smith Mills
Other villages	Assonet East Freetown Hortonville North Attleborough Center Padanaram South Attleboro
Ghost town	Norton Furnace

v t e Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Counties	Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester Note: Nine former counties were in the District of Maine
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