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http://www.HomesinNorfolkMass.com Norfolk is a suburban town on the periphery of the greater metropolitan Boston area. It is located on an upper valley of the Charles River. There were a half dozen small farms in the town after 1669, the result of a determined effort to populate the colonial frontier. This was seen as a difficult task despite the good agricultural lands, fresh water fishing and fish runs because the settlement was so remote. Norfolk was was abandoned during King Philip's War. When the area of Norfolk was reestablished, settlers relied on agriculture, cattle grazing and some considerable lumbering and planting of fruit orchards. After 1812, three cotton manufacturing companies were established at Stony Brook (which is now the Stony Brook Reservation). In the 19th century George Campbell's paper mill was opened at Highland Lake. The Campbell Mill was known for making heavy wrapping and building papers.The town saw a rapid increase in population after 1925 when a hospital and a state prison were built in Norfolk on the Walpole line. Major residential development took place before 1940 in the Pondville and Clark Streets section of town with scattered new housing along Seekonk and Main Streets, and suburban residential building has continued since. The Town of Norfolk is located in eastern Massachusetts. Norfolk is bordered by Millis and Medfield on the north, Walpole on the east, Foxborough and Wrentham on the south, and Franklin and Medway on the west. Norfolk is 20 miles southwest of Boston; about 21 miles north of Providence, Rhode Island; and about 205 miles from New York City. Michael Mahoney http://www.HomesinBostonMass.com http://www.RealtorMikeMahoney.com Keller Williams Realty 617-980-9025