Needham
Needham (nēd'əm), town (1990 pop. 27,557), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb of Boston; founded 1680, set off from Dedham and inc. 1711. Although largely residential, paper products, electronic equipment, software, and other items are manufactured there.
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‘poor or needy homestead’, OE nēd + hām: Needham Norfolk. Nedham (1352). Needham Market Suffolk. Nedham 13th cent., Nedeham Markett (1511). Needham Street Suffolk. Nedham (c.1185). Affix street here means ‘hamlet’.
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Needham, MA
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