Suffolk County is a county of Massachusetts. As of 2007, the population was 723,684; an increase from its population in 2000 of 689,000. The county seat is Boston, the state capital and largest city.
The county was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four shires". Suffolk initially contained Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Dedham, Braintre...
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Suffolk County is a county of Massachusetts. As of 2007, the population was 723,684; an increase from its population in 2000 of 689,000. The county seat is Boston, the state capital and largest city.
The county was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four shires". Suffolk initially contained Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Dedham, Braintree, Weymouth, and Hingham. The county was named after Suffolk, England, and means "southern folk."
In 1731, the extreme western portions of Suffolk County, (which included Uxbridge), were split off to become part of Worcester County. In 1793, most of the original Suffolk County except for Boston and Chelsea (which remained in Suffolk) split off and became Norfolk County. In 1803, the coastal towns of Hingham and Hull separated from Suffolk County and joined Plymouth County. In the late 19th century, Boston annexed several adjacent towns that...
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