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Also known as Norwood, Massachusetts, Norwood, MA

town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Massachusetts
County
Norfolk
Settled
Sep 4 1678
Type
Representative town meeting
Town manager
Tony Mazzucco
Total
10.5 sq mi (27.3 km )
Land
10.5 sq mi (27.1 km )
Water
0.077 sq mi (0.2 km )
Elevation
148 ft (45 m)
Density
3,021/sq mi (1,166.5/km )
Time zone
UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst
UTC−4 ( Eastern )
Zip code
02062
Area code
339 / 781
Fips code
25-50250
Gnis feature id
0619460
Website
www.norwoodma.gov

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Norwood is part of the Greater Boston area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,611. The town was named after Norwood, England. Norwood is on the Neponset River, which runs all the way to Boston Harbor from Foxborough.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Norwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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