Suffolk
Suffolk (pop. 668,548) is a county on the eastern coast of England. Many people live in such towns as Ipswich, the administrative center; Lowestoft; and Bury St. Edmunds. But Suffolk remains a county of farming country and small market towns. The county covers an area of 1,465 square miles (3,800 square kilometers).
Suffolk once formed the southern part of the ancient kingdom of East Anglia. Until 1974, Suffolk was divided into two separate administrative counties, East Suffolk and West Suffolk. In 1974, these two were combined into one county. At that time, a small area north of Lowestoft was taken from Suffolk into the neighboring county of Norfolk. That area today forms part of the Norfolk district of Great Yarmouth.