Taunton (disambiguation)

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England.

Taunton may also refer to:

Australia

 * Taunton, Queensland, a locality
 * Taunton National Park, a scientific national park in Queensland
 * County of Taunton, a cadastral division in South Australia
 * Taunton, South Australia, a locality

United Kingdom

 * Taunton (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency in Somerset
 * Taunton Deane, a former local government district with borough status in Somerset
 * Taunton Stop Line, a World War II defensive line in south west England
 * Taunton Racecourse, located near the town from which it takes its name
 * Taunton, Greater Manchester, a suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne

United States

 * Taunton, Massachusetts
 * Taunton, Minnesota
 * Taunton, New York
 * Taunton, Washington
 * Taunton River, historically called the Taunton Great River, a river in southern Massachusetts

People

 * Baron Taunton, defunct British peerage title
 * Ethelred Taunton, English Roman Catholic priest
 * Kristen Taunton, Canadian field hockey player
 * Larry Taunton, American author
 * Mack Taunton, vocalist
 * Peter Taunton, CEO of Snap Fitness
 * Scott Taunton, media executive
 * Sussan Taunton, Chilean actress
 * William de Taunton, medieval Bishop of Winchester

Other

 * Taunton train fire, a fire in an English sleeping car train on 6 July 1978
 * Taunton Period, a British Bronze Age metalworking period, see Penard Period
 * Taunton Press
 * The Siege of Taunton, during the English Civil War
 * Taunton's Grammar School Southampton, see Highfield, Hampshire