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Walpole Town, as the Census refers to it, is located approximately 18 miles (29 km) south of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and 30 miles (48 km) north of Providence, Rhode Island. The population of Walpole was 26,383 at the 2020 census. [1] Walpole was first settled in 1659 and was considered a part of Dedham until officially incorporated in 1724.
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain [a] from 1721 to 1742.
During the 1970s, Cedar Junction (then known as Walpole) was one of the most violent prisons in the United States. [4] It is located on both sides of the line between the towns of Walpole and Norfolk , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and has a South Walpole mailing address (South Walpole is not a political entity).
Walpole is a small census-designated place (CDP) located within the much larger town of Walpole in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of the CDP was 5,918 [ 2 ] at the 2010 census .
Walpole is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.The population was 3,633 at the 2020 census. [2]The town's central village, where 573 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Walpole census-designated place (CDP) and is east of New Hampshire Route 12.
Located outside Boston, [1] Walpole state prison was Massachusetts's highest security prison in its time. [2] In 1973, the year of the strike, Walpole was known among the most violent prisons in the country, with regular stabbings and murders, unclean facilities, and severe psychological stress for inmates and prison officers alike.
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (/ ˈ w ɔː l p oʊ l /; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician. [1] He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, southwest London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his ...
The Walpole family (/ ˈ w ɔː l ˌ p oʊ l, ˈ w ɒ l-/) is a famous English aristocratic family known for their 18th century political influence and for building notable country houses including Houghton Hall.