Norfield, Mississippi | |
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 Illinois Central Railroad depot in Norfield | |
  Norfield  Norfield | |
| Coordinates: 31°24′28″N90°28′02″W / 31.40778°N 90.46722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Lincoln |
| Elevation | 407 ft (124 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 601 & 769 |
| GNIS feature ID | 674932 [1] |
Norfield is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States. [1] [2]
The community was founded in 1886 as a sawmill town. [3] Norfield's name is a portmanteau of the surnames of Frederick Norwood and John S. Butterfield, who founded the Norwood-Butterfield Lumber Company. [4] The sawmill in Norfield was the first sawmill in the southern United States to use a bandsaw to cut yellow pine. [5] In 1900, the community had a population of 347 and was estimated to have a population of 700 six years later. [6] By 1930, the community had the second-largest population in Lincoln County and had a theater, hotel, and golf course. [4]
Norfield is located on the Canadian National Railway. [7] The Norwood-Butterfield Company operated the Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad, a standard gauge logging railroad that ran 30 miles east from Norfield. The railroad operated six locomotives. [8]
A post office operated under the name Norfield from 1891 to 1953. [9]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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