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Do you know of Norwood ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Norwood. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Norwood.

Our sources for Norwood (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Norwood other than they indicate that Norwood would be found somewhere in Pierce County, Washington.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 and closed  in 1914.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Norwood ...

We found 49 communities that share the name Norwood.

There is one other community in Washington which is also named Norwood.

Beyond Washington, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 48 communities, 47 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Washington ...
    • Grays Harbor County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Norwood [Grays Harbor County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Crenshaw County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Norwood [Crenshaw County].
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Norwood [Jefferson County].
      • Mobile County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Norwood [Mobile County].
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Norwood [Benton County].
    • Colorado
      • San Miguel County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Norwood [San Miguel County].
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Norwood [Duval County].
    • Georgia
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Norwood [Warren County].
    • Idaho
      • Valley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Norwood [Valley County].
    • Illinois
      • Mercer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Norwood [Mercer County].
      • Peoria County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Norwood [Peoria County].
    • Iowa
      • Lucas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Norwood [Lucas County].
    • Kansas
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Norwood [Franklin County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Norwood [Jefferson County].
      • Pulaski County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Norwood [Pulaski County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Feliciana Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Norwood [East Feliciana Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Norwood [Charles County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Norwood [Montgomery County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Norwood [Norfolk County].
    • Michigan
      • Charlevoix County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Norwood [Charlevoix County].
    • Minnesota
      • Carver County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Norwood [Carver County].
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Norwood [Hinds County].
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Norwood [Jackson County].
      • Wright County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Norwood [Wright County].
    • Montana
      • Silver Bow County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> 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.<1> 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
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Norwood [Saint Lawrence County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rockingham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Norwood [Rockingham County].
      • Stanly County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Norwood [Stanly County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Norwood.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Norwood [Hamilton County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Norwood [Washington County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Norwood.
    • Oregon
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Norwood [Washington County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Norwood [Allegheny County].
      • Delaware County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Norwood [Delaware County].
      • 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
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Norwood [Kent County].
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Norwood [Anderson County].
      • Knox County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Norwood [Knox County].
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> 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.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Norwood [Runnels County].
      • San Augustine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Norwood [San Augustine County].
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Norwood [Albemarle County].
      • Bedford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Norwood [Bedford County].
      • Nelson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Norwood [Nelson County].
      • Roanoke City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Norwood [Roanoke City].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Norwood [Marion County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Brown County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Norwood [Brown County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Norwood ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Norwood:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Norwood - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Pierce County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Pierce County.

American LakeMedia
ArrowheadMenlo Park
 Metreco
BalchMobase
BismarckMurray
Brew Mill 
 Nisqually
Camp MurrayNorth Fort Lewis
Crescent Valley 
CrockerOakbrook
Cross 
 Paradise Inn
Day IslandPittsburg
DelanoPonder
DerringerPrescott
DoutyProctor
 Puyallup River
Edgewood - North Hill 
EdisonRigney
Elgin 
EvergreenShorewood Beach
 Southgate
FiskSpringfield
Fort SteilacoomStone
 Sunny Bay
Gravel CenterSylvan
Gravelly Lake 
GreendaleTacoma Point
 Tauwax
Key Center 
 Vega
Lake KapowsinVilla Beach
Lake Louise 
Lake ParkWapato
Lakewood CenterWegoe
Long BeachWest Tacoma
 Weston
MarionWeyerhauser
McChord Air Force Base 
McChordYoman Ferry
McNeil Island 

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 county. 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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