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Walpole,
MA 02081 East Walpole 02032 The town of Walpole
is located in Norfolk County, 19 miles southwest of Boston. It has a population of approximately 23,000 in a total
area of 21 square miles. Over
time Walpole has become a bedroom community with a stable mix of
commercial and industrial land uses. It attracted industy with its natural resources of the Great Cedar
Swamp and the Neponset River which runs through the southeast of Walpole. Interstate Route 95 runs through the northeast corner of town and forms an interchange with Route 1 in
neighboring Sharon. MBTA Commuter Rail and bus service are available in Walpole, and Conrail provides freight
rail service. Norfolk
County Agricultural High School is located in Walpole. Known to local residents as “Norfolk Aggie”,
it offers academic and vocational training in careers for Animal and Marine Science, Plant and Environmental Science,
and Diesel and Mechanical Technology. It’s one of three such schools in Massachusettts promoting
agriscience and agribusiness opportunites. There
are several parks for recreation in Walpole, including Adams Farm, which has over 700 acres open to the public for hiking, picnicking and horseback riding. There’s
also the Town Forest, 625 acres of mixed forest and wetlands with extensive trails and a scenic route along the banks of the Neponset River and
Francis William Bird Park, 89 acres of privately owned trust land open to the public. The original route of the first Post Road (Old Post Road) traversed Walpole and into Sharon near the town
line. This was the first trail traveled from Boston to Providence. Weekly postal service
began on Old Post Road in 1693 between New Hampshire and Baltimore, then later the first stagecoach line in New England which
began in 1718. It was eventually replaced by the second Post Road and Route 1 (the Boston-Providence Highway). |
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Walpole Websites: Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce Local News:
Local School Info: Norfolk County Agricultural School Blue Hills Regional Technical School Other Info:
Norfolk County Registry of Deeds 649 High Street Dedham, MA 02026 781-461-6122
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