Elizabeth Poole

Elizabeth Poole (Pole)
Plaque on the front of the Pilgrim Congregational Church (Taunton, Massachusetts)
Born	August 25, 1588 East Devon, England
Died	May 21, 1654
Known for	Founding Taunton, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Poole or Pole (25 August 1588 – 21 May 1654) was an English settler in Plymouth Colony who founded the town of Taunton, Massachusetts. She was the first woman known to have founded a town in the Americas.