Place:Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Name
Walpole
Alternate names
Walpole Junction     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25004886)
Type
Town
Coordinates
42.133°N 71.25°W
Located in
Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Walpole is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,824 at the 2000 census.

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

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History

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Walpole was first settled in 1659 and was officially incorporated in 1724. The town was named after Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Walpole is known in Massachusetts as the location of MCI - Cedar Junction, a maximum security prison for males in Massachusetts. The prison was originally named MCI - Walpole, until town residents successfully lobbied in the mid-1980s for the change.

During World War II, Walpole had a population of roughly 7,000 citizens. Approximately 1,100 of them served in the War effort.

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