Norwood is a town and

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, United States. Norwood is part of the

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area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,611. The town was named after Norwood, England. Norwood is on the

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, which runs all the way to

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from

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History

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

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lay within its original borders. Long used as a hunting ground by Native Americans, Norwood was first settled by Ezra Morse in 1678. He set up a sawmill in what is now South Norwood, the part of town to which the first concentration of families, almost all of whom were farmers, migrated over the next half-century. During the

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, there was a

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company organized in the area. Its captain, Aaron Guild, on learning of the British marching on Lexington and

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to seize the munitions stored there, rode to join the fight and arrived in time to fire on the British at Concord Bridge and participate in the running battle that chased the Redcoats back to Boston.

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passed through the town during his pre-inaugural tour of New England. The Oak View Mansion, located in Norwood, was built by Francis Olney Winslow. Construction began in 1868 and was completed in 1870. Oak View was the scene of almost constant socializing. Some of the most prominent figures hosted in Oak View were President and future Supreme Court Justice

William Howard Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices. ...

and President

Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously ...

. The town shares its name with a town in the borough of

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. When Norwood separated from Dedham, they considered naming the new community Balch, after the Rev. Thomas Balch.

Geography

Norwood is located at (42.185974, −71.201661). The Town of Norwood is located 13 miles southwest of Boston, placing it in the Boston Metropolitan Area. According to the

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, the town has a total area of 10.6 square miles (27.3 km), of which 10.5 square mile (27.1 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km) (0.66%) is water.

Demographics

As of 2023 Norwood’s racial demographics are * White: 80.09% * Black or African American: 7.89% * Asian: 5.17% * Two or more races: 3.91% * Other race: 2.94% * Native American: 0.01% * Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0 As of the

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of 2010, there were 30,602 people. The racial makeup of the town was 80.92%

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, 8.01%

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, 0.09% Native American, 9.57% Asian, 0.01%

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, 0.77% from other races, and 1.25% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.58% of the population. 27.3% were of Irish descent. As of the

of 2000, there were 28,587 people, 11,623 households, and 7,380 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 11,945 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 90.51%

, 2.31%

, 0.09% Native American, 5.06% Asian, 0.01%

, 0.77% from other races, and 1.25% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 1.65% of the population. 34.7% were of Irish, 14.8%

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, 5.4%

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and 5.0%

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ancestry according to Census 2000. There were 11,623 households, out of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were

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living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.05. In the town, the population was spread out, with 20.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males. The median income for a household in the town was $58,421, and the median income for a family was $70,164 (these figures had risen to $66,743 and $80,292 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $50,597 versus $34,312 for females. The

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for the town was $27,720. About 2.7% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the

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, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Norwood Public Schools operates seven schools, and an additional two school institutions, Little Mustangs Preschool Academy and The Willett Early Childhood Center (serving kindergarten children). The public elementary schools located in Norwood include: Balch, Callahan, Cleveland, Oldham, and Prescott. Norwood has one public middle school, the Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School (serving 6th through 8th graders) (formerly Norwood Junior High South), where all five elementary schools combine. Norwood also has a public high school, Norwood High School (NHS), (serves grades 9–12).

Higher education

The Fine Mortuary College in Norwood includes a one-room museum featuring antique embalming tables and centuries-old wooden coffins.

Business

Businesses in Norwood have access to the most educated workforce in the nation, ample venture capital, and several other advantages that help lay the foundation for regional clusters and Norwood's target industries, like advanced manufacturing and life sciences. Norwood's top employers include

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, Home Market Foods, MS Walker, and many other manufacturers and businesses engaged in research and development. Moderna opened its state-of-the-art clinical development site in 2018, employing over 1,400. Moderna's Norwood facilities serve as its primary manufacturing facility and is responsible for producing its COVID-19 vaccine. The facility in Norwood has been expanded to increase the production capacity of Moderna's vaccine and to support the company's research and development efforts. Additionally, Moderna has established partnerships with local organizations in Norwood to support the community, including funding for education and workforce development initiatives. A large cluster of automobile dealerships on Route 1 is known as the Norwood "Automile." The concept of having competing dealerships join together to publicize the "Automile" as an automobile shopping center was largely the work of Ernie Boch, famous in the Boston area for his ads urging people to "Come on down!" The

Skating Club of Boston The Skating Club of Boston is a not-for-profit figure skating club based in Norwood, Massachusetts. Founded in 1912, it is one of the oldest skating clubs in the United States, and a founding member of U.S. Figure Skating, the governing body for ...

moved to Norwood in 2020. The facility, located on University Avenue in Norwood, is a state-of-the-art skating rink home to the Skating Club of Boston's training and development programs for figure skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. The Norwood High School hockey teams play at the facility. In addition to the rink, the facility features a fitness center, a pro shop, and a cafe. The Skating Club of Boston has a rich history in figure skating and has produced many world champions and Olympic medalists.

Architecture

*Norwood's town square is dominated by its town hall, the

Norwood Memorial Municipal Building Norwood Memorial Municipal Building (Norwood Town Hall) is a historic building located in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States. The Late Gothic Revival building was dedicated November 11, 1928, and is made of Weymouth seamed-face granite. ...

(Town Hall). It includes a 50-bell

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tower housing the Walter F. Tilton Memorial Carillon, one of nine carillons in Massachusetts. On the

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. *Morrill Memorial Library (1898–1899),

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, architect. File:Norwood Memorial Municipal Building, Norwood MA.jpg,

(Town Hall). File:1899 Norwood public library Massachusetts.png, Morrill Memorial Library.

Art

Norwood was the long-time home of photographer and publisher

Fred Holland Day Fred Holland Day (July 23, 1864 – November 23, 1933) was an American photographer and publisher. He was prominent in literary and photography circles in the late nineteenth century and was a leading Pictorialism, Pictorialist. He was an ea ...

. As a photographer, Day at one point rivalled

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in influence. The publishing firm of Copeland and Day was the American publisher of

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's ''Salome'' with illustrations by

Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley ( ; 21 August 187216 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Woodblock printing in Japan, Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. ...

. The Day House is now a museum and the headquarters of the Norwood Historical Society. F. Holland Day Historic House Museum is located at 93 Day St.

Climate

Transportation

* U.S. 1 is a major artery through Norwood, and a regional hub for commercial activity, dominated by strip malls and chain stores and restaurants for a 35-mile stretch between West Roxbury to Pawtucket, RI.)

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has one exit in town that also serves neighboring Canton. This is the main highway running between the Boston metro area and points south. * Three

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stations served by the

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– , , and – are located in Norwood.

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route runs through Norwood on Washington Street. *

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is a general aviation airport with limited passenger service.

Notable people

Frank G. Allen Frank Gilman Allen (October 6, 1874October 9, 1950) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was president of a successful leathergoods business in Norwood, Massachusetts, and active in local and state politics. A Repub ...

, Governor of Massachusetts, 1929–1931 *

Dicky Barrett Richard Michael Barrett (born June 22, 1964), better known as Dicky Barrett, is an American singer who was the frontman of ska punk band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He was the announcer for ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' from 2004 until 2022. Barrett is ...

, lead singer of

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (informally referred to as The Bosstones and often stylized as The Mighty Mighty BossToneS) were an American ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. From the band's inception, lead vocalist Dicky ...

Harry Bigelow Harry Augustus Bigelow (September 22, 1874 – January 8, 1950) was an American lawyer. As a Harvard graduate, he worked in private practice in Hawaii before being chosen as one of the first faculty members of the University of Chicago Law Schoo ...

, lawyer *

Ernie Boch, Jr. Ernie Alexander Boch Jr. (born February 15, 1958) is an American billionaire and businessman who was the former CEO of Boch Enterprises, a billion business consisting primarily of automobile dealerships in Norwood, Massachusetts and the current C ...

, CEO, president, and spokesman of Boch Enterprises, a $1 billion business consisting primarily of automobile dealerships in Norwood *

Peter Boghossian Peter Gregory Boghossian (; born July 25, 1966) is an American philosopher and college professor. He was an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University for ten years, and his areas of academic focus include atheism, critical t ...

, American philosopher and author * Michael D. Cohen, actor and comedian, starred in Nickelodeon TV series ''

Henry Danger ''Henry Danger'' is an American comedy television series created by Dan Schneider and Dana Olsen that aired on Nickelodeon from July 26, 2014 to March 21, 2020. The series stars Jace Norman, Cooper Barnes, Riele Downs, Sean Ryan Fox, Ella ...

'' *

F. Holland Day Fred Holland Day (July 23, 1864 – November 23, 1933) was an American photographer and publisher. He was prominent in literary and photography circles in the late nineteenth century and was a leading Pictorialist. He was an early and vocal ...

, photographer *

William Cameron Forbes William Cameron Forbes (May 21, 1870 – December 24, 1959) was an American investment banker and diplomat. He served as governor-general of the Philippines from 1909 to 1913 and ambassador of the United States to Japan from 1930 to 1932. Ear ...

, Governor General of the Philippines, 1909–1913 *

Zhenya Gay Zhenya Gay (born Eleanor F. Byrnes) (September 16, 1901Many sources give 1906 or 1904 as her birth year; 1901 is the year given in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, via Ancestry. She is recorded as an eight-year-old in her parents' ...

, writers and children's book illustrator * Joseph Gould, "Professor Seagull" and the author of the unpublished "Oral History of our Time" *

Harry and the Potters Harry and the Potters are an American rock band known for spawning the genre of wizard rock. Founded in Norwood, Massachusetts, Norwood, Massachusetts, in 2002, the group is primarily composed of brothers Joe and Paul DeGeorge, both of whom ...

, rock band *

Jon Purnell Jon Robert Purnell (born 1948) is a former United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan. Personal life Purnell grew up in Norwood, Massachusetts and graduated Norwood High School (Massachusetts), Norwood High School in 1966. Afterwards, he attended B ...

, United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan * Brendan Emmett Quigley, crossword constructor * Ann Ritonia, U.S. marine and

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priest * John H. Rogers, former Massachusetts House Majority Leader *

Tony Rombola Tony Rombola (born November 24, 1964) is an American musician who had been the lead guitarist for the Boston-based rock band Godsmack from the mid-1990s until April 2025. He has been cited as "an extraodinaire" in the guitar world by ''Guitar Wo ...

, guitar player for hard rock band

Godsmack Godsmack is an American Rock music, rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is currently composed of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sully Erna and bassist Robbie Merrill. Since its formation, Godsmack has released eig ...

* Jason Schauble, businessman and veteran *

Tom Shillue Thomas A. Shillue (; born June 13, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and talk-show host from Norwood, Massachusetts. He was a correspondent on ''The Daily Show'' on Comedy Central and hosted '' Red Eye'' on Fox News. He has b ...

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, barbershop quartet singer, host of

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's overnight program ''Red Eye with Tom Shillue''

Notable sports figures

Jake Layman Jake Douglas Layman (born March 7, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for SeaHorses Mikawa of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins men's basketball, Maryland Terrapins. Layman was draft ...

, former NBA player * Keith Adams, former pro football player *

Charlie Bowles Charles James Bowles (March 15, 1917, in Norwood, Massachusetts, United StatesDecember 23, 2003, in Newton, North Carolina, United States) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943 and 1945 ...

, former major league baseball player *

Marty Callaghan Martin Francis Callaghan (June 9, 1900 – June 23, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons. He played for the Chicago Cubs from 1922 to 1923 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1928 and 1930. A 1916 graduate o ...

, former major league baseball player *

Allen Doyle Allen Michael Doyle (born July 26, 1948) is an American professional golfer. Though a talented golfer, Doyle elected not to turn pro after graduating from Vermont's Norwich University. He moved to the south where he owned and operated a driving ...

, former pro golfer *

Joe Dugan Joseph Anthony Dugan (May 12, 1897 – July 7, 1982), was an American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Jumping Joe", he was considered one of the best defensive third basemen of his era. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop ...

, former major league baseball player and member of the New York Yankees first World Series title in 1923 * Alfred Fincher, former pro football player for

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Noah Hanifin Noah Hanifin (born January 25, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Carolina Hurricanes, who drafted him fifth overall in the 2 ...

, current pro hockey player for the

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* Richie Hebner, former major league baseball player * Joe Hulbig, former pro hockey player, Boston and Edmonton *

Peter Laviolette Peter Philip Laviolette Jr. (born December 7, 1964) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by t ...

, professional and Olympic hockey coach * Rhoda Leonard,

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player, teacher in Norwood public schools system *

Skip Lockwood Claude Edward (Skip) Lockwood Jr. (born August 17, 1946) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers (1969–1973), California Angels (1974), New York Mets (1975–1979) and Boston R ...

, former major league baseball player * Ray Martin, former major league baseball player * Bob Quinn, general manager pro football's

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* Allen Ripley, former major league baseball player *

Mike Sherman Michael Francis Sherman (born December 19, 1954) is an American gridiron football coach and former player who most recently was the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was the head coach of the Green B ...

, former head football coach for

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and

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* Mike Smith, former major league baseball player * George Sullivan, former

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champion, former pro football player for the

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, Massachusetts Senator and Judge *

Bill Travers William Inglis Lindon Travers (3 January 1922 – 29 March 1994) was a British actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist. Before his show business career, he served in the British Army with Gurkha and special forces units. Earl ...

, former major league baseball player

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References

External links

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