Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)
1854 - Taunton

Taunton, a post-town and semi-capital of Bristol county, Massachusetts, is situated at the head of navigation on Taunton river, and on the New Bedford and Taunton rail road, 35 miles S. from Boston, and 30 miles E. N. E. from Providence. Lat. 41° 64' 11" N., Ion. 71° 5' 55" W. It is handsomely built, and contains a beautiful enclosure in the centre, called "Taunton Green." Besides the court house and jail, there are in the place 10 or 11 churches, a handsome town house, several fine hotels, and 3 banks. Three news papers are issued here. A beautiful cemetery, called the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, has been laid out a short distance from the green, upon the Mount Auburn plan. The manufactures of Taunton are extensive and various, consisting of paper, leather, nails, steam engines, and hardware of various kinds. One of the most extensive locomotive and steam- engine establishments is that of Messrs. Mason & Co. Upon the completion of the extensive additions now being made to their shops, the company will be prepared to turn out on an average one engine a week throughout the year. There are two print-works, which turn out about 2, 600,000 yards of cloth annually. The Taunton river furnishes excellent water- power. It is navigable for small vessels, and some coast trade is carried on. Pop. in 1840, 7045; in 1850, 10,431; in 1853, about 11,300.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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