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we pass this GPS location for Norwood:
37.306246, -80.015873
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We found 49 communities that share the name Norwood.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Norwood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 46 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 46 communities, 47 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Albemarle County
This Norwood is located in Albemarle County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Norwood.
Bedford County
This Norwood is located in Bedford County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Norwood.
Nelson County
This Norwood is located in Nelson County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Norwood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Crenshaw County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Norwood [Crenshaw County].
Jefferson County
This Norwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Norwood.
Mobile County
This Norwood is located in Mobile County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Norwood.
Arkansas
Benton County
This Norwood is located in Benton County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Norwood.
Colorado
San Miguel County
This Norwood is located in San Miguel County and lies 1,539 miles [2,476.8 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of Norwood.
Florida
Duval County
This Norwood is located in Duval County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Norwood.
Georgia
Warren County
This Norwood is located in Warren County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Norwood.
Idaho
Valley County
This Norwood is located in Valley County and lies 1,931 miles [3,107.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Norwood.
Illinois
Mercer County
This Norwood is located in Mercer County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Norwood.
Peoria County
This Norwood is located in Peoria County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Norwood.
Iowa
Lucas County
This Norwood is located in Lucas County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Norwood.
Kansas
Franklin County
This Norwood is located in Franklin County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Norwood.
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Norwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Norwood.
Pulaski County
This Norwood is located in Pulaski County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Norwood.
Louisiana
East Feliciana Parish
This Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Feliciana Parish community of Norwood.
Maryland
Charles County
This Norwood is located in Charles County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Norwood.
Montgomery County
This Norwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Norwood.
Massachusetts
Norfolk County
This Norwood is located in Norfolk County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Norwood.
Michigan
Charlevoix County
This Norwood is located in Charlevoix County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlevoix County community of Norwood.
Minnesota
Carver County
This Norwood is located in Carver County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carver County community of Norwood.
Mississippi
Hinds County
This Norwood is located in Hinds County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Norwood.
Missouri
Jackson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Norwood [Jackson County].
Wright County
This Norwood is located in Wright County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Norwood.
Montana
Silver Bow County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Norwood [Silver Bow County].
New Jersey
Bergen County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Norwood [Bergen County].
New York
Saint Lawrence County
This Norwood is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Norwood.
North Carolina
Rockingham County
This Norwood is located in Rockingham County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Norwood.
Stanly County
This Norwood is located in Stanly County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Norwood.
Nova Scotia
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Norwood.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Norwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Norwood.
Washington County
This Norwood is located in Washington County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Norwood.
Ontario
This Norwood lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the north.
Oregon
Washington County
This Norwood is located in Washington County and lies 2,256 miles [3,630.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Norwood.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Norwood [Allegheny County].
Delaware County
This Norwood is located in Delaware County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Norwood.
Lancaster County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Norwood [Lancaster County].
Rhode Island
Kent County
This Norwood is located in Kent County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Norwood.
Tennessee
Anderson County
This Norwood is located in Anderson County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Norwood.
Knox County
This Norwood is located in Knox County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Norwood.
Madison County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Norwood [Madison County].
Texas
Runnels County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Norwood [Runnels County].
San Augustine County
This Norwood is located in San Augustine County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Augustine County community of Norwood.
Washington
Grays Harbor County
This Norwood is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,307 miles [3,712.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Norwood.
Pierce County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Norwood [Pierce County].
West Virginia
Marion County
This Norwood is located in Marion County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Norwood.
Wisconsin
Brown County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Norwood [Brown County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Norwood ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Covehaven Court (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covehaven Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Norwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Norwood and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Norwood to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Norwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3062, Longitude: -80.0159 In this case, the coordinates for Norwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Norwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
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.
<4>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Norwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.715 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.279 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.521 degrees.