Place:Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Name
Medfield
Alternate names
Medfield Centre     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25004817)
Type
Town
Coordinates
42.183°N 71.3°W
Located in
Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Medfield is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,273 at the 2000 census.

For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Medfield, please see the article Medfield (CDP), Massachusetts.

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Medfield (New Dedham) was first settled in 1649 and was officially incorporated in 1651 as the 43rd town in Massachusetts. The settlers were thirteen families who relocated from Dedham. The Rev. Ralph Wheelock is credited with the founding of Medfield, was the first town school master and now has the 2nd-3rd grade school named after him. The town's boundaries originally extended into present-day Medway and Millis.

Half the town (32 houses, two mills, and many barns) was burned to the ground by Native Americans during King Philip's War in 1675.

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