Taunton (S8;T.15N;R.28E) is a railroad station 1-1/2 mies north of Saddle Mountains, extreme southwest Adams County. It was named by H.R. Williams, vice-president of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. for Taunton, Massachusetts. Hitchman, Robert. Place Names of Washington. Washington State Historical Society, 1985, p.299.