Place:Westwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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NameWestwood
Alt namesWest Dedhamsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25005429
TypeTown
Coordinates42.2°N 71.217°W
Located inNorfolk, Massachusetts, United States     (1897 - )
Also located inDedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States     (1640 - 1897)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Westwood Cemetery
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Westwood is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,266 at the time of the 2020 United States Census.

History

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Westwood was first settled in 1641 and was part of the town of Dedham, originally called 'West Dedham', until it was officially incorporated in 1897. It was the last town to split from the original town of Dedham. From early in the settlement of Dedham, the people of the Clapboard Trees Precinct were "a wealthy, sophisticated lot, familiar with the bigwigs of provincial politics and prone to the religious liberalism that was à la mode in Boston." Residents did not care for the politically more powerful Calvinist views of those who lived in the village of Dedham and asked to separate.

It was originally to have been named the "Town of Nahatan:"

In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Westwood 13th on its list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States.

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