Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony

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Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony was one of the original four counties created in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The county existed from 1643 to 1679. In 1680 the towns of this county were divided between Essex County, Massachusetts and the newly formed state of New Hampshire so that the county ceased to exist.

The former Norfolk County is often referred to as "Old Norfolk County."

A new county was established as Norfolk County, Massachusetts from most of the southern portion of Suffolk County in 1793.

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