Dedham is a town in,and the county seat of,Norfolk County,Massachusetts,United States. Located on Boston's southwestern border,the population was 25,364 at the 2020 census.
Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census,the population was 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a borough,and it is the second most populous county that has a county seat at a town. The county was named after the English county of the same name. Two towns,Cohasset and Brookline,are exclaves. Norfolk County is included in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton,MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Norfolk County is the 24th highest-income county in the United States with a median household income of $107,361. It is the wealthiest county in Massachusetts.
Suffolk County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 797,936,making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The county comprises the cities of Boston,Chelsea,and Revere,and the town of Winthrop. The traditional county seat is Boston,the state capital and the largest city in Massachusetts. The county government was abolished in 1999,resulting in Suffolk County now functioning only as an administrative subdivision of state government and a set of communities grouped together for some statistical purposes. Suffolk County is located at the core of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton,MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence,MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area.
Massachusetts's 11th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during three periods:1795–1843,1853–1863,and 1873–1993. The district was located in several different areas of the state. It was most recently eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. census. Its last congressman was Brian J. Donnelly.
Robert Ellis Cahill was a folklorist and author. He was the author of more than three dozen books on New England history and folklore,as well as on scuba diving,shipwrecks and pirates.
John Austin Keliher was a U.S. Democratic politician.
The Endicott Estate is a mansion built in the early twentieth century,located at 656 East Street in Dedham,Massachusetts “situated on a 15-acre panorama of lush green lawn that is punctuated by stately elm,spruce and weeping willow trees.”It was built by Henry Bradford Endicott,founder of the Endicott Johnson Corporation,and donated to the Town by his adopted stepdaughter,Katherine. After she died it was briefly owned by the state and intended to be used as the official residence of the Governor of Massachusetts,but was quickly returned to the Town. Today it is used for a variety of civic events and is rented out for private parties.
William Richard Keating is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court from 1977 to 1999 before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County,where he served three terms before being elected to Congress.
Augustus Bradford Endicott was a Massachusetts state legislator and sheriff of Norfolk County.
James Vincent DiPaola was county sheriff of Middlesex County,Massachusetts,from 1996 until his death in 2010. He had served as a Malden police officer for 18 years and was a Massachusetts state representative from 1993 to 1996. On November 26,2010,DiPaola died by suicide. At the time of his death,he was facing multiple allegations from the state and press over ethics issues.
Michael W. Morrissey is the District Attorney of Norfolk County,Massachusetts (2010–present). He was first elected to the DA's office in 2010 and is currently serving his fourth term as the lead prosecutor in Norfolk County.
Michael G. Bellotti is an American politician who is the current Norfolk County Treasurer. He is the former interim president of Quincy College,the former sheriff of Norfolk County,Massachusetts,and is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Quincy. He is the son of Francis Bellotti,the state's former lieutenant governor and attorney general.
Timothy A. Bassett is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
John Warren Thomas was a shoemaker,and politician who twice served as the Sheriff of Norfolk County,Massachusetts,first for one year,from 1852 to 1853,and again for 21 years,from 1857 to 1878.
Jerauld Newland Ezra Mann was sheriff of Norfolk County,Massachusetts from 1843 to 1848.
Charles W. Hedges was an American politician who was a member of the Quincy,Massachusetts,city council,Massachusetts House of Representatives,Massachusetts Senate and sheriff of Norfolk County,Massachusetts,from 1961 to 1975.
Elijah Crane was a Canton,Massachusetts farmer,and inn keeper,who served as the first Town Clerk,and on the first Board of Selectmen of Canton,Massachusetts. Crane was also the first representative to the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Canton,and the sheriff of Norfolk County,Massachusetts from May 16,1810 to 1811 and from June 20,1812 to 1834.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Norfolk County. Democrat Bruce Ayers of Quincy has represented the district since 1999.
The history of Dedham,Massachusetts in the 20th century saw great growth come to the town. It played host to the Sacco and Vanzetti trial,saw the Endicott Estate and a number of schools constructed,a great deal of economic development,and growth in the number of services provided by the Town.
Steven W. Tompkins is an American law enforcement official who has served as the Sheriff of Suffolk County,MA since 2013.
