Norwood, Louisiana

Norwood, Louisiana
Village
Location of Norwood in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 30°58′09″N91°07′23″W / 30.96917°N 91.12306°W / 30.96917; -91.12306 [1]
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	East Feliciana
Area [2]
• Total	4.10 sq mi (10.62 km2)
• Land	4.08 sq mi (10.58 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Elevation [1]	312 ft (95 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	279
• Density	68.33/sq mi (26.38/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	225
FIPS code	22-56295
GNIS feature ID	2407514 [1]

Norwood is a village in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 322 at the 2010 census. ^[3] It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.

Geography

Norwood is located in northwestern East Feliciana Parish. Louisiana Highway 19 passes through the village, leading south 39 miles (63 km) to Baton Rouge and north 2 miles (3 km) to the Mississippi border. Centreville, Mississippi, and Clinton, the East Feliciana Parish seat, is 10 miles (16 km) to the southeast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Norwood has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.6 km²), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km²), or 0.40%, is water. ^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1950	414		—
1960	427		3.1%
1970	348		−18.5%
1980	421		21.0%
1990	317		−24.7%
2000	337		6.3%
2010	322		−4.5%
2020	279		−13.4%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

Norwood racial composition as of 2020 ^[5]

Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	217	77.78%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	60	21.51%
Hispanic or Latino	2	0.72%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 279 people, 127 households, and 71 families residing in the village.

Notable person

• Lawrence Brooks (1909-2022), the oldest American veteran of World War II, was born in Norwood.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Norwood, Louisiana
2. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Norwood village, Louisiana". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
5. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 28, 2021.