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Welcome to West Norwood ...

West Norwood is located in Bergen County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Norwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

A typical abbreviation for West Norwood: W. Norwood

West Norwood is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: West Norwood lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for West Norwood: 201 & 551<3>

Communities near West Norwood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Norwood.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around West Norwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Norwood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Norwood. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Norwood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Norwood. See our Newspapers Page for West Norwood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Norwood ...

Looking for more information about West Norwood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to West Norwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Norwood.

Adding West Norwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Norwood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for West Norwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the West Norwood post office opened in 1901.

We also found West Norwood on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Norwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Bergen, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Norwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 201 code has been Overlayed with the 551 area code. New phone numbers in the West Norwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 201 or 551. As a result, placing a call in the West Norwood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/