Walpole (Massachusetts)

Norfolk County

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Walpole is a town ( Town) in Norfolk County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts with 24,000 inhabitants on the Neponset River well.

The village is located about 20 kilometers southwest of Boston on the historic mail route from New York City. He is technically the traffic situation between the Massachusetts Route 1A to the north and U.S. Highway 1, the Interstate 95 is tangent to the south, well integrated at the intersection of Walpole Union Station train lines Dedham Willimantic and Back Bay Harrisville.

The local baseball team made ​​it to the finals of the 2007 World Championships for children from 11 to 12 years.

Recreational value, the Francis William Bird Park in the city on the Bay Circuit Trail long distance footpath.

Personalities

• Tim Clifford ( born 1986 ), basketball player
• Albert Henry DeSalvo (1931-1973), serial killers
• Caleb Ellis (1767-1816), politician
• Clifford Harrison (1927-1988), ice hockey player
• Roger Turner (1901-1993), figure skaters