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Place Name
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Foxboro
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Pronunciation
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FAWKS-buh-ro
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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14,637 (1990)
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Location
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Norfolk County, Massachusetts (MA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°04'N
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Longitude
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71°15'W
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Foxboro
(FAWKS-buh-ro), city (1990 pop. 14,637), Norfolk co.,
SE Mass.; 42°04'N 71°15'W. Mfg. (precision instruments). Foxboro
Stadium is home of the New England Patriots football team. Foxboro
Horse-Raceway State Forest. During the Revolutionary War cannons and
cannonballs were manufactured here. Settled 1704, inc. 1778.
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