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Foxborough
Also known as Foxboro, Massachusetts, Foxborough, Massachusetts, Foxborough, MA, Foxboro, Foxboro, MA
town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Norfolk
- Incorporated
- June 10, 1778
- Named after
- Charles James Fox
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town manager
- Paige Duncan
- Total
- 20.9 sq mi (54.1 km )
- Land
- 20 sq mi (52 km )
- Water
- 0.81 sq mi (2.11 km )
- Elevation
- 285 ft (87 m)
- Density
- 927.3/sq mi (358.04/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
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Foxborough is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Located within the Boston metropolitan area, it sits approximately 22 miles southwest of the city in Massachusetts’s MetroWest region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,618.
"Foxborough" is the official spelling of the town name per local government, but the abbreviated spelling "Foxboro" is common and is used by the United States Postal Service.