Dedham

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county seat municipality town

Dedham is a historic suburban town in eastern Massachusetts that serves as the county seat of Norfolk County and lies just southwest of Boston.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dedham, Massachusetts 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county seat ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 339 ⓘ
781 ⓘ
borderedBy Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Canton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hyde Park, Boston ⓘ
surface form: Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Needham ⓘ
surface form: Needham, Massachusetts

Westwood, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
classification suburban community ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countyGovernmentSeat Norfolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
directionFromBoston southwest ⓘ
distanceToBoston approximately 10 miles ⓘ
founded 1635 ⓘ
governmentType representative town meeting ⓘ
hasHighSchool Dedham High School ⓘ
hasHistoricBuilding Fairbanks House ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Dedham Village Historic District ⓘ
hasLandmark Fairbanks House ⓘ
Norfolk County Courthouse ⓘ
hasLibrary Dedham Public Library ⓘ
hasShoppingCenter Legacy Place ⓘ
hasTransportation MBTA Commuter Rail network ⓘ
surface form: MBTA commuter rail
historicDesignation one of the older towns in Massachusetts ⓘ
incorporated 1636 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Norfolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Norfolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedNear Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
majorHighway Interstate 95 ⓘ
Massachusetts Route 109 ⓘ
Massachusetts Route 1A ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
namedFor Dedham, Essex, England ⓘ
notableFor historic suburban character ⓘ
partOf Norfolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 02026 ⓘ
region Greater Boston ⓘ
river Charles River ⓘ
schoolDistrict Dedham Public Schools ⓘ
servedBy MBTA bus network ⓘ
surface form: MBTA bus
state Massachusetts ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norfolk County → contains → Dedham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dedham, Massachusetts
Norfolk County → countySeat → Dedham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dedham, Massachusetts
Charles River → flowsThrough → Dedham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dedham, Massachusetts