{"id":834,"date":"2010-08-21T07:08:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T11:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"\/onlyyork\/2010\/08\/21\/names-of-york-norman-wood\/"},"modified":"2010-08-21T07:08:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T11:08:52","slug":"names-of-york-norman-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/onlyyork\/names-of-york-norman-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Names of York: Norman Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More in the ongoing series on the Names of York.<\/p>\n<p><b>Place:<\/b> Norman Wood bridge, crossing the Susquehanna River from Lower Chanceford Township to Martic Township, Lancaster County<\/p>\n<p><b>Who was it named after?<\/b> Norman Wood was a Republican state representative from Lancaster County from 1922 until his retirement in 1964.<\/p>\n<p><b>Interesting fact:<\/b> Many people have never heard of Norman Wood, at least not outside the bridge context; it could be because, as his friend, Lancaster County historian Jack W.W. Loose described him, Wood was an intensely quiet man who never sought the limelight.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sources<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/07\/norman-wood-2\/\">York Town Square blog archives<\/a>; previous Only in York County posts (<a href=\"\/onlyyork\/2009\/03\/york-countys-other-susquehanna\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"\/onlyyork\/2010\/03\/another-perspective-on-the-nor\/\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a suggestion of a place in York County named for a person? If so, post a comment! I&#8217;m going to work my way through some likely ones, such as schools and parks, but I need other suggestions too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More in the ongoing series on the Names of York. Place: Norman Wood bridge, crossing the Susquehanna River from Lower Chanceford Township to Martic Township, Lancaster County Who was it named after? 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