75 South Ave, Norwood, NJ 07648

Population: 5,751 Zip code: 07648 Median Family income (1999): $ 100,329 The territory comprising Norwood was originally settled about 1670 by a dozen or more families mostly from Holland, who purchased the land under the Tappan Patent. About that time a grant was also given by Philip Carteret, Governor of the Province of East Jersey, during the reign of King Charles II of England. The Lenni Lenape Native Americans roamed the valley. The name Norwood emanated from the old description ¿North-Woods¿. It was a part of Harrington Township, which was formed in 1775 from the northernmost portions of both Hackensack Township and New Barbadoes Township, stretching from the Hudson River in the east to the Saddle River in the west. In 1840, the portions of Harrington Township west of the Hackensack River were taken away to create Washington Township. At that point, Harringtown Township was somewhat in the form of a square measuring across each way about five miles, bounded on the north by Rockland County, New York; east by the Hudson River, south by Hackensack Township and west by the Hackensack River. At that time, Norwood, Northvale (once called Neuvy), Old Tappan, Demarest, Closter and Harrington Park formed Harrington Township