Norwood, Louisiana
Village
Location of Norwood in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 30°58′10″N 91°06′20″W / 30.96944°N 91.10556°W / 30.96944; -91.10556
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	East Feliciana
Area [1]
• 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	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

Norwood is a village in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 322 at the 2010 census.^[2] It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Norwood is located in northwestern East Feliciana Parish at 30°58′10″N 91°6′20″W / 30.96944°N 91.10556°W / 30.96944; -91.10556 (30.969430, -91.105509).^[3] 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.^[2]

Demographics

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

Notable people

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