Taunton, Washington

{{Short description|Ghost town in Washington (state)}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Taunton was a town in Adams County, Washington.{{GNIS|1511363}}

A post office called Taunton operated from 1908 to 1913.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WA | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=25 August 2016}} The community was named by railroad officials after Taunton, Massachusetts.{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=318|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=302}}