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county, Massachusetts, United States
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Norfolk, county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., southwest and south of Boston, bordered by Massachusetts Bay to the northeast and Rhode Island to the southwest. It consists of an upland region, including the Blue Hills, that is drained by the Charles and Neponset rivers. The main parklands are Wrentham State Forest and F. Gilbert Hills, Bristol Blake, and Webb Memorial state parks. The Massachusetts Indians inhabited the county before the founding of Weymouth (1622), one of the state’s first settlements. Norfolk county was created in 1793 and named for Norfolk, England. The county seat is Dedham, the site of one of the ...(100 of 212 words)

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