Walpole, Massachusetts
Walpole is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Walpole Town, as the Census refers to it, is located about 13 miles south of downtown Boston and 23.5 miles north of Providence, Rhode Island. In 2017 the Department of Census reported the population of Walpole was 25,073. Walpole was first settled in 1659 and was considered a part of Dedham until officially incorporated in 1724. The town was named after Sir Robert Walpole, de facto... Show more first Prime Minister of Great Britain. It also encompasses the entirely distinct entity of Walpole, with its much smaller area of 2.9 square miles.