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Randolph, Massachusetts



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Wind Speed: 3 mph NW
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Dew Point: 10 °F
Gusts: 25 mph NW
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    City Description

    Randolph is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 30,963. The ZIP code of Randolph is 02368. It was called Cochaticquom by the local Cochato and Ponkapoag tribes. The town was incorporated in 1793 from what was formerly the south precinct of the town of Braintree. It is a widely-held assumption that Randolph was named after Peyton Randolph, first president of the Continental Congress. Randolph was formerly the home of several large shoe companies. Many popular styles were made exclusively in Randolph, including the "Randies". At the time of Randolph's incorporation in 1793, local farmers were making shoes and boots to augment household incomes from subsistence farming. In the next half century, this sideline had become the town's major industry, attracting workers from across New England, Canada and Ireland and later from Italy and Eastern Europe, each adding to the quality of life in the town. By 1850, Randolph had become one of the nation's leading boot producers, shipping boots as far away as California and Australia. The decline of the shoe industry at the beginning of the twentieth century led to Randolph's

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    City Contained By:

    • Norfolk County
    • Massachusetts

    Timezones:

    • North American Eastern Time Zone

    Size:

    • 27.1948751585 km squared

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