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Membership is open to anyone interested in the history of Norwood, Ohio. Annual membership (from May to May) is $15 per person.
For more information, contact us at
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or send a check made out to The Norwood Historical Society with your name, postal address and e-mail address (and whether you would prefer receiving the monthly newsletter by regular mail or, in pdf format, by e-mail) to

The Norwood Historical Society
c/o Rodney Steele, Treasurer
887 Yarger Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45230

LAST UPDATE
 May 17, 2012

Want to know what has been added to this web site?
SEE LIST OF UPDATES.

SPECIAL LINKS TO SITES THAT YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING

  • The 1940 Census is released after 72 years. This census has been scanned and put on-line. Unlike previous censuses, you will not have to scroll through rolls of microfilm to find your family. Unfortunately, there is no name index at this time.
    The Norwood Historical Society has downloaded the entire Norwood census files and has started to create its own index. There are over 900 pages in 32 different Enumeration Districts.
  • The Norwood Highlanders will start their 2012 season on May 6 against the Cincinnati Red Stockings at the Heritage Village Museum in Sharonville. If you would like to see how base ball was played in 1869, you should check them out. The Highlanders will play games in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Their five double-header home games will be played at Norwood's Dorl Field on June 24, June 30, July 7, July 15 and July 28. Come out and show some hometown spirit! For more information, go to their website at Norwood Highlanders or Facebook.
The Norwood Historical Society has no connection to these sites.
The links have been provided for the convenience of those with an
interest in the history of Norwood, Ohio.
Next meeting will be at the McCullough House, Lindner Park, on Saturday, June 9, at 2 p.m. After the meeting, we will have a cookout.

The officers were nominated and elected at the May 12th meeting. The officers are:
Rodney Rogers, President
Vivian Graff, Vice President
Rodney Steele, Treasurer
Fou Linder, Cor. Secretary
Lupe Hoyt, Recording Secretary
Norwood-born George Chakiris, long-time actor, dancer and singer was at the Norwood Middle School Friday, December 16, at 1:30pm. With him were Lee Meriwether (a former Miss American, actress and friend of the late Vera-Ellen—another Norwood product), Heather French Henry (another former Miss America), operator of the Rosemary Clooney House museum in Augusta, Kentucky, and Rosemary Clooney historian Kathy Brown. Also, they visited Mr. Chakiris' childhood home, Vera-Ellen's former home and the Society's archive room.

By the way, Mr. Chakiris said he was born in 1932,
not 1934 (or even 1933) as most web sites say!



Photo of Chakiris, Meriwether and French Henry on stage at the Norwood Middle School and a photo of Ms. Meriwether and Mr. Chakiris at the Society's archive room viewing a digital slide presentation of actors who came from Norwood.

Check out excerpts from George's aunt Sophia's book, "Escape to a New Dawn" at Kathy Brown's Rosemary Clooney web site.

For more "Famous People of Norwood" click here.

Enhanced version of the January 2012 newsletter with extra photos of the Chakiris visit and the Smith family tour.
Enhanced version of the November 2011 newsletter with extra photos of the Carl Lindner, Jr. parade, the Linden Point historical marker presentation and more.
Photos of the November 2010 Library Tour, including photos of some areas normally off limits to the public. We had another tour after the April 14, 2012, meeting.

    Our meeting schedule in 2012




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NORWOOD's NAME
HISTORIC ADDRESSES
RESEARCH HOMES
"THE PIKE" in 1896
SUBDIVISIONS
CHURCHES
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ALLISON HIGH SCHOOL GRADS
pre-1905 BOARD of ED MEMBERS
NORWOOD book - 1894
DIRECTORY 1896
THEATERS
BASEBALL
—MISSION STATEMENT–

The Norwood Historical Society was established on May 2, 1978 to promote the study and preservation of the history of Norwood, Ohio.
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The current mission statement is to collect, preserve, exhibit, interpret, publish and educate about the history of Norwood, Ohio.
This web site is part of that effort.

According to the United States Geological Survey, Norwood has the following geographical location: Latitude 39.1556149, Longitude -84.4596641.



The sections on this site are:

  • HOME - go to top of this page
  • SOCIETY - information directly related to the Norwood Historical Society, e.g., Society events and news, an event calendar and a link to Curators' Corner and Society Archives, both devoted to the Society's collections
  • PEOPLE - short bios and facts of some of Norwood's people referenced on this site and links to other Norwood people pages
  • COMPANIES - lists and histories of some of the many companies (and churches, clubs and other organizations) that have made Norwood their home
  • BUILDINGS — photographs and descriptions of some of Norwood's historic buildings and links to pages about other Norwood buildings, including homes
  • STREETS - a list and history of Norwood's streets
  • TRANSPORTATION - information on the omnibuses, street cars, buses, railroads, etc. that are a part of Norwood's history and development
  • BOOKS - The complete text of the 1894 book "Norwood, Her Homes and Her People", the 1896 Norwood Directory, excerpts from other books and a list of resource documents.
  • CLIPPINGS - "clippings," related to Norwood, from newspapers, books and other documents.
  • DATES - historical dates
  • GOVERNMENT - historic facts about Norwood's government
  • SCHOOLS - links and information about the history of Norwood schools
  • ODDS & ENDS - miscellaneous information about Norwood — mainly links to various Norwood related pages on and off this site


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