Norwood

Norwood

Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,602. The community was named after Norwood, England. Norwood is on the Neponset River, which runs all the way to Boston Harbor from Foxborough. The Town of Norwood, officially formed in 1872, was until that time part of Dedham, known as the "mother of towns", as fourteen of the present communities of eastern Massachusetts lay within its original borders. Long used as a hunting ground by Indians, Norwood was first settled by Ezra Morse in 1678. He set up a...
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quick facts
County:Norfolk County
State:Massachusetts
Country:United States of America
Population:28,587
Area:10.6 sq. mi.
Time zone:North American Eastern Time Zone
Also known as:Norwood, Massachusetts, Norfolk County / Norwood CDP

Famous landmarks in Norwood

Fred Holland Day House
Fred Holland Day House

Fred Holland Day House is a historic house at 93 Day Street in Norwood, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1859 and added to the National Register...
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Norwood Memorial Municipal Building
Norwood Memorial Municipal Building

Norwood Memorial Municipal Building is a historic building located in Norwood, Massachusetts. The building was built in 1927 and added to the...
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Colleges and universities in Norwood

ITT Technical Institute-Norwood
ITT Technical Institute-Norwood
FINE Mortuary College LLC
FINE Mortuary College LLC
Universal Technical Institute of Massachusetts Inc
Universal Technical Institute of Massachusetts Inc

Famous residents of Norwood

Eric Bruno Borgman
Eric Bruno Borgman
Film Actor, TV Actor

Eric Bruno Borgman is an American actor, filmmaker and writer. Eric Bruno Borgman was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on June 23, 1975, the son of...
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Famous people born in Norwood

Tony Rombola
Tony Rombola
Musical Artist

Tony Rombola is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist for the Boston-based heavy metal band Godsmack since the mid-1990s. Tony...
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Robert Berson
Robert Berson
Film Actor

Robert Berson is an actor and a film producer.

Airports in or near Norwood

Lawrence Municipal Airport
Lawrence Municipal Airport
Airport code:LWM
New Bedford Regional Airport
New Bedford Regional Airport
Airport code:EWB
Provincetown Municipal Airport
Provincetown Municipal Airport
Airport code:PVC
Westerly State Airport
Westerly State Airport
Airport code:WST

U.S. state

Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Population:378,787 (1790)

Massachusetts , officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Massachusetts is the 7th least extensive, but the 14th most populous and the 3rd most densely populated of the 50 United States. The...
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