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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Norfolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2010, the population was 670,850. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the 28th highest-income county in the United States with a per capita income of $32,484. It is the wealthiest county in Massachusetts. The county was named after the English county of the same name with the meaning "northern folk."
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1800 | 27,216
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| 1810 | 31,245
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| 1820 | 36,471
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| 1830 | 41,972
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| 1840 | 53,140
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| 1850 | 78,892
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| 1860 | 109,950
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| 1870 | 89,443
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| 1880 | 96,507
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| 1890 | 118,950
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| 1900 | 151,539
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| 1910 | 187,506
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| 1920 | 219,081
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| 1930 | 299,426
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| 1940 | 325,180
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| 1950 | 392,308
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| 1960 | 510,256
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| 1970 | 605,051
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| 1980 | 606,587
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| 1990 | 616,087
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Norfolk County, Massachusetts family history and genealogy (FamilySearch Research Wiki). History, towns and cities, county histories, birth, marriage, and death records, deeds, wills, court records, divorce records, naturalizations, tax records, warnings out, maps, and societies.
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