Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)
1845 - TAUNTON. [Pop. 7,645. Inc. 1639.]

The Indian name of this ancient town was Cohannet. It included within its limits, Berkeley, Raynham, Dighton, Norton, Easton, and Mansfield, about one third of the whole county.

It was named by Miss Elizabeth Poole, who came from Taunton in England, and was the principal owner and founder of the settlement.

Taunton is situated on both sides of Taunton River, the Tetiquet of the Indians; and small vessels can go up the river as far as Taunton,

Canoe and Rumford Rivers, two branches of the Great Taunton, give excellent water power to the town.

Among the numerous manufactures are cotton cloth, nails and other articleb of iron, straw bonnets, bricks, &c.

Taunton River is celebrated for the great number of alewives that annually visit it, and for the numerous laws that have been passed by the legislature, to regulate the fishery among the several towns on its banks.

Distance from New Bedford, 24 miles; from Boston, 32.

An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845
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