Norwood
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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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