Norwood is an

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in Montgomery County,

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, United States, located at the intersection of Layhill Road ( MD 182), Norwood Road (also MD 182), and Ednor Road, two miles from the

Intercounty Connector Maryland Route 200 (MD 200), also known as the Intercounty Connector or ICC, is an , six-lane toll road in the U.S. state of Maryland. A controlled-access highway, it connects Gaithersburg in Montgomery County and Laurel in Prince George's Co ...

(ICC). Norwood was named Holland's Corner at one time from a store opened ''circa'' 1860 by James Holland.Sandy Spring Museum: Ednor/Norwood.
Retrieved 6 January 2012. In 1889, Holland became the first postmaster of the town, which was renamed Norwood around the same time. The Red Door Country Store, at the corner of Norwood Road and Ednor Road, was a general store owned by Marie E. Smith that had a scale on which farmers weighed their grain. The store also served as a post office after the closure of the post office in nearby Ednor, Maryland. Norwood as a toponym is largely unused and this lack of use gained local prominence due to the use of "Norwood" as one of two "key destinations" listed on signs for the Layhill Road interchange on the ICC (Exit 10).Katherine Shaver
"Take the ICC and exit at Norwood — where?"
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''. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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Map of Norwood ca. 1890
Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Maryland Unincorporated communities in Maryland {{MontgomeryCountyMD-geo-stub