Norfolk is 20 miles southwest of Boston; about 21 miles north of Providence, Rhode Island; and about 205 miles from New York City. In 2014, Norfolk was the filming location for Ted 2, a comedy film starring Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane.ccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 15.2 square miles (39 km 2), of which 14.8 square miles (38 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2) (2.30%) is water.
In 1818, the federal government authorized Alabama Territory to set aside a township for the establishment of a seminary of learning.. President Monroe signed the enabling act for statehood on March 2, 1819 and Alabama was officially admitted to the Union on Dec. 14, 1819, and a second township added to the grant. On December 18, 1820, the seminary was established officially and named The University of the State of Alabama..
Alabama has had six constitutions. The Alabama Territory was established on March 3, 1817 by the act that also created the state of Mississippi. The only territorial governor was William Wyatt Bibb who later went on to become Alabamaâs first governor. Sixty thousand people were needed to become a state; Alabama recognized 67,594 people. The first Constitutional Convention met in Huntsville, Alabama in July, 1819 in Walker Allenâs Cabinet Shop.