Stoughton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 29,281 at the 2020 census. The town is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) from Boston, 31 miles (50 km) from Providence, Rhode Island, and 35 miles (56 km) from Cape Cod.
Town center
Stoughton Square in 1908
Public library in 1908
Chicataubut Club in 1911
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a borough, and it is the second most populous county that has a county seat at a town. The county was named after the English county of the same name. Two towns, Cohasset and Brookline, are exclaves.
Image: Old House, Quincy, Massachusetts
Image: Boardwalk through Ponkapoag Bog Clearing
Image: Inbound train at Brookline Hills station, January 2022
Image: Green Hall, Wellesley College, Wellesley MA