Norwood Illinois Map

About Norwood, Illinois

Norwood is a locality in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 437. The population density is 549.6 people per km². Norwood is located at 40.7078°N, 89.6995°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Norwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61412, 61604.

Norwood emerges from the expansive flatlands of the Midwest as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, defined by the steady, unadorned character of the prairie. It lies 5.8 miles west of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 278°T), and is situated 6.8 miles west-northwest of East Peoria. The horizon stretches wide, broken only by the silhouettes of grain silos and the occasional stand of hardwood trees that mark the path of East Branch Lamarsh Creek as it winds a mile away. To the south, the landscape dips into the gentle, shadowed depression of Crow Hollow, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Hoxie Ridge anchors the far western view. Within the immediate footprint of the land, Norwood Park provides an open expanse of green where the cooling evening air settles, carrying the scent of damp soil and the dry, golden stalks of nearby fields. Small Timber Lake sits just a mile from the center, its surface a mirror for the shifting clouds that dominate this inland expanse, reflecting a light that seems to hold a particular, lingering clarity at dusk.

History in Norwood is measured in the slow, deliberate work of the soil and the legacy of families who have turned the dark, fertile earth for generations. The local economy remains tethered to this agricultural rhythm, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the pace of life and the movement of heavy machinery along the grid of rural roads. While the industrial centers of the region hum with a more frantic energy, Norwood maintains a measured existence, where the storefronts and quiet streets reflect a persistent, understated endurance. Neighbors recognize each other by the steady hum of a truck engine or the specific pattern of light in a kitchen window, a social fabric woven from the shared experience of surviving the biting winters and the humid, heavy summers. Life here is defined by the absence of pretense, a place where the stillness of a Sunday morning is as much a part of the local identity as the seasonal labor that keeps the community anchored to its foundations.

About This Norwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Norwood, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.707809, -89.699548. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Norwood includes the ZIP code (61412, 61604), telephone area code (815), county seat of Peoria County (Peoria), and school district assignment (Limestone Community High School District 310).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.