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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.
The Bureau of State Parks and Recreation division of Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts) (DCR) is responsible for the maintenance and management of over 450,000 acres (1,820 sq km) of privately and state-owned forests and parks, nearly 10% of the Commonwealth's total land mass. Within the lands managed by the Bureau of ...
Blue Hills Reservation is a 7,000-acre (2,800 ha) state park in Norfolk County, Massachusetts in the United States. Managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, it covers parts of Milton, Quincy, Braintree, Canton, Randolph, and Dedham.
Museums in Norfolk County, Massachusetts (2 C, 15 P) P. Parks in Norfolk County, Massachusetts (1 C, 29 P) Protected areas of Norfolk County, Massachusetts (1 C, 26 P) U.
This is a list of properties and historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, other than those within the city of Quincy and the towns of Brookline and Milton. Norfolk County contains more than 300 listings, of which the more than 100 not in the above three communities are listed below.
Norfolk County, Massachusetts was created on June 20, 1793. Legislation passed in March which separated off all the towns in Suffolk County except Boston and Chelsea (which at the time included what are now Revere and Winthrop). Dedham was designated as the "shire town". [6]
Wompatuck State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area of about 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) in size located primarily in the town of Hingham with portions in the neighboring towns of Cohasset, Norwell, and Scituate, Massachusetts, in the United States.
Norfolk County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs (190 P) Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk County, Massachusetts" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total.