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{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Norwood, Louisiana | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_map = File:East Feliciana Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Norwood Highlighted.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location of Norwood in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. | image_map1 = Louisiana in United States (US48).svg | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = Location of Louisiana in the United States <!-- Location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Louisiana | subdivision_type2 = Parish | subdivision_name2 = [[East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|East Feliciana]] <!-- Government --> | established_title = Founded | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | governing_body = | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = <!-- Area --> | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 10.62 | area_total_sq_mi = 4.10 | area_land_km2 = 10.58 | area_land_sq_mi = 4.08 | area_water_km2 = 0.04 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.02 <!-- Population --> | population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 279 | population_density_km2 = 26.38 | population_density_sq_mi = 68.33 | population_demonym = <!-- General information --> | timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]] | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]] | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 312 | coordinates = {{coord|30|58|09|N|91|07|23|W|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> <!-- Area/postal codes and others --> | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = [[Area code 225|225]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 22-56295 | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 2407514<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2407514}}</ref> | website = | footnotes = }} '''Norwood''' is a village in [[East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|East Feliciana Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 322 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2256295| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Norwood village, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=February 10, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213051103/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2256295| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> It is part of the [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] [[Baton Rouge metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]]. ==Geography== Norwood is located in northwestern East Feliciana Parish. [[Louisiana Highway 19]] passes through the village, leading south {{convert|39|mi}} to [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] and north {{convert|2|mi|0}} to the [[Mississippi]] border. [[Centreville, Mississippi]], and [[Clinton, Louisiana|Clinton]], the East Feliciana Parish seat, is {{convert|10|mi|0}} to the southeast. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Norwood has a total area of {{convert|10.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.40%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> ==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=left |1950= 414 |1960= 427 |1970= 348 |1980= 421 |1990= 317 |2000= 337 |2010= 322 |2020= 279 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |+Norwood racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2256295&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 28, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> !scope="col"| Race !scope="col"| Number !scope="col"| Percentage |- !scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic) | 217 | 77.78% |- !scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic) | 60 | 21.51% |- !scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] | 2 | 0.72% |} As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 279 people, 127 households, and 71 families residing in the village. {{clear left}} ==Notable person== * [[Lawrence Brooks (American veteran)|Lawrence Brooks]] (1909-2022), the oldest American veteran of [[World War II]], was born in Norwood. {{East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana}} ==References== <references /> {{authority control}} [[Category:Villages in Louisiana]] [[Category:Villages in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana]] [[Category:Villages in Baton Rouge metropolitan area]]
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