156
94%
$73,750
42.4%
America/Detroit
49720
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Norwood, MI - History
We would like to provide the residents of Norwood a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Norwood Home page. The Norwood Home page provides as much information as possible on Norwood. Knowing Norwood’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Norwood’s Home page, you will also find Norwood’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Norwood has a population of 156. 46.2% of Norwood’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.8 are female. 74.3% of Norwood is married and 93.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $250,317. Household median income in Norwood is $73,750, and the individual median income is $31,944. Norwood’s Ethnic is the following: White(96.2%), Hispanic(14.7%), Multiple(3.8%).
The area was settled as early as 1867 when Orvis Wood and Lucius Pearl, and Orin Adams built a dock and sawmill here. At the time, it was part of Emmet County, as Charlevoix County was not organized in 1869. The following year, William Harris built a hotel, and it became an important shipping location.
Harris served as the first postmaster when a post office opened on February 1, 1868. The name Norwood was chosen due to its located in the northern woods. The post office operated until April 30, 1913.In 1867, the Norwood School District No. 1 was organized. In 1869, a frame schoolhouse was built, and the current structure was built in 1890.
Due to low enrollment, the district merged with Charlevoix School District in 1957. The structure then served as a church building. It was purchased and restored to a museum by the Norwood Area Historic Society in 2004. In 2017, the former schoolhouse was dedicated as a Michigan State Historic Site.The community of Norwood was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.
Norwood uses the Charlevoix 49720 ZIP Code.
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