Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1910.
Taunton dates its founding to 1886 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1910.
Taunton was named after Taunton, Massachusetts.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taunton’s history is told.
Taunton’s post office has been open since 1888. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikipedia’s history of Taunton.
Taunton was platted in 1886 by the railroad. It was named after Taunton, Massachusetts. A post office has been in operation in Taunton since 1888. Taunton was incorporated in 1900.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Taunton, cut from the printed page as they were published.
of December 9, 1898. gave the following description of Taunton and its standing: In your paper of November 25 you speak of Taunton as a railroad station with but half a dozen or less buildings. You have a mistaken idea of the size of our town. Taunton has about 100 inhabitants. We have thirty business and dwelling houses; we have three firms buying
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The smallest of the incorporated villages of Lyon county is Taunton, ft is a station of the Northwestern railroad and is in the extreme northwestern corner of the county, on section t7, Eidsvold township. The population in 13The charter members of the Woodmen cam]) were Edward F. St. Denis; Aime Van Hee, Levi St. Peter,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Taunton. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Taunton.
Between 136 and 233 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Taunton’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Taunton itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
In 1886, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Taunton’s post office opened in 1886, and the census of 1910 counted 205 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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