or over. Demographic breakdown by town Income The ranking of unincorporated communities that are included on the list are reflective if the census-designated locations and villages were included as cities or towns. Data is from the 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Religion *congregations **adherents Government The county has offices in Dedham Square. It runs the Norfolk County Correctional Center, the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, and the Norfolk County Courthouse. Current elected officials All eligible voters of Norfolk County vote for three County Commissioners, a District Attorney, a Clerk of Courts, a Register of Deeds, a Sheriff, a County Treasurer, and a Register of Probate. County Commissioners are elected for a four-year term; two Commissioners are elected to coincide with presidential elections, and one Commissioner is elected during the midterm elections. All three Commissioners must hail from a different municipality. The District Attorney is elected every four years coinciding with the midterm elections. The Clerk of Courts and Register of Deeds are elected every six years coinciding with the elections of Class I US Senators. The County Treasurer and Register of Probate are elected every six years coinciding with the elections of Class II US Senators. The Sheriff is elected every six years coinciding with the elections of Class III US Senators. Politics Like the rest of Massachusetts, Norfolk County is a Democratic stronghold. The last time it voted for a Republican presidential candidate was in 1984, during Ronald Reagan's landslide victory in which he carried every state except Minnesota and the district of Washington, D.C. |} Communities Cities Braintree Franklin Quincy Randolph Weymouth Towns Avon Bellingham Brookline Canton Cohasset Dedham (traditional county seat) Dover Foxborough Holbrook Medfield Medway Millis Milton Needham Norfolk Norwood Plainville Sharon Stoughton Walpole Wellesley Westwood Wrentham Note: West Roxbury (annexed to Boston 1874), Roxbury (annexed to Boston 1868), Dorchester (founded 1630, annexed to Boston 1870), Hyde Park (incorporated 1868 from Dorchester, Milton, and Dedham, annexed to Boston 1912), and Hingham and Hull were originally part of Norfolk County when the county was incorporated in 1793. As of August 2012, Hingham's Precinct 2 will be part of the Fourth Norfolk District. Census-designated places Bellingham Dover Foxborough Medfield Millis-Clicquot Sharon Walpole Education School districts include: K-12: Avon School District Bellingham School District Braintree School District Brookline School District Canton School District Cohasset School District Dedham School District Foxborough School District Franklin School District Holbrook School District