Norfolk County, Massachusetts Map
Explore Norfolk County, Massachusetts with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 28 cities and towns in Norfolk County below.
Interactive Map of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
| County | Norfolk |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County Seat | Dedham |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 42.181298 |
| Longitude | -71.18874 |
| Cities & Towns | 28 |
| Area Codes | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
About Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Norfolk County extends from the jagged granite edges of the Atlantic shoreline toward the inland forests where the terrain rises into firmer, frost-heaved earth. This landscape is defined by the winding paths of rivers that carve through salt marshes, where the tide leaves behind a pale, briny sheen on the mudflats at dusk. To the north, the county borders the metropolitan density of the state capital, while its southern reaches soften into the pine barrens and sandy outwash plains that bridge the gap to the coast beyond. The air here holds a distinct, metallic sharpness in the autumn, catching the light in a way that turns the gray Atlantic sky into a mirror for the deep, muted colors of the salt marsh grasses.
Norfolk County traces its origins to the seventeenth century, when colonial settlers pushed outward from the harbor to establish agrarian outposts along the river valleys. The administrative center shifted over time, eventually settling in a place that served as a crossroads for the inland trade routes and the maritime interests of the coast. These early inhabitants organized their lives around the village green and the white-steepled meeting house, structures that remain as stark, geometric anchors against the seasonal storms. History in this region is marked by the quiet accumulation of generations, visible in the stone walls that snake through overgrown woodlands, marking boundaries that no longer hold meaning but still dictate the movement of light across the forest floor.
Economic life across Norfolk County has transitioned from the heavy labor of granite quarrying and textile milling to a more cerebral, service-oriented existence, though the shadow of the old industry persists in the granite foundations of modern civic buildings. Residents move through a landscape where the pace is set by the commuter rail and the rhythm of the academic calendar, yet the quiet corners of the county retain a somber, literate intensity. One can still find stretches of road where the tree canopy closes overhead, filtering the afternoon sun into long, sharp shafts that illuminate the dust of a passing car. This is a place where the modern world presses hard against the vestiges of the old, resulting in a character that is at once pragmatic and deeply conscious of the weight of the years.
Cities and Towns in Norfolk County
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About This Norfolk County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Norfolk County, Massachusetts alongside links to detailed street maps for 28 cities and towns. The county seat is Dedham. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
