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Norfolk County (/ ˈ n ɔːr f ə k / NOR-fək) is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.At the 2020 census, the population was 725,981. [1] Its county seat is Dedham. [2] The county was named after the English county of the same name. [3]
Norfolk (/ ˈ n ɔːr f ə k / NOR-fək, locally / ˈ n ɔːr f ɔːr k / NOR-fork) is a New England town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, with a population of 11,662 people at the 2020 census. [1] Formerly known as North Wrentham, Norfolk broke away to become an independent town in 1870.
Dedham (/ ˈ d ɛ d ə m / DED-əm) is a town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Located on Boston's southwestern border, the population was 25,364 at the 2020 census. First settled by English colonists in 1635 and incorporated in 1636, Dedham established the first public school in America in 1643.
Quincy (/ ˈ k w ɪ n z i / KWIN-zee) is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county. Quincy is part of the Greater Boston area as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 101,636, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. [2]
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated city-county government.
The Town of Randolph is a suburban city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.At the 2020 census, the city population was 34,984. [3] Randolph adopted a charter effective January 2010 providing for a council-manager form of government instead of the traditional town meeting.
Census-designated places in Norfolk County, Massachusetts (6 P) Cities in Norfolk County, Massachusetts (5 C, 5 P) Towns in Norfolk County, Massachusetts (21 C, 23 P)
Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Norwood is part of the Greater Boston area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,611. [1] The town was named after Norwood, England. Norwood is on the Neponset River, [2] which runs all the way to Boston Harbor from Foxborough.