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Westwood

Westwood. 1 Residential town (1990 pop. 12,557), Norfolk co., E Mass., in the greater Boston area; settled 1640, inc. 1897. Clothing is manufactured, and the town has several early 18th-century buildings. 2 Residential borough (1990 pop. 10,446), Bergen co., NE N.J., a suburb in the New York–N New Jersey metropolitan area; inc. 1894. It has some light manufacturing.

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