Norwood Kentucky Map
Explore Norwood, Kentucky, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Norwood, Kentucky
How to Use This Norwood, Kentucky Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Norwood, Kentucky. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kentucky or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Norwood.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Norwood |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.252175 |
| Longitude | -85.610868 |
| Population | 379 |
| Density | 1240.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 42553, 40222 |
| Area Code | 270, 502 |
| County Seat | Louisville |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
About Norwood, Kentucky
Norwood is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 379. The population density is 1240.1 people per km². Norwood is located at 38.2522°N, 85.6109°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Norwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 42553, 40222.Norwood emerges from the gentle rise of the Kentucky landscape, defined by the quiet persistence of the Middle Fork Beargrass Creek as it carves a path through the limestone-rich earth. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp soil and the deep, abiding shade of hardwood trees that define the local terrain. While the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains waits far to the east, the immediate horizon is dominated by the soft contours of the local topography, where the light at dusk settles like dust upon the fields. Warwick Park serves as a central anchor for the neighborhood, its green spaces providing a familiar, shared silence that persists even as the modern day moves forward.
Norwood carries the marks of a region shaped by industry and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, maintaining an economy that has long favored the steady rhythms of local trade. The memory of the land is preserved in the character of those who live here, people who acknowledge the influence of the nearby Jefferson County Memorial Forest and the practical utility of the water that flows toward the creek. Life in Norwood is measured not by grand events, but by the maintenance of the roads and the quiet upkeep of homes that have stood through decades of change. Beyond the immediate reach of the neighborhood, the deeper geography of the state—from the distant silence of Carters Hole to the blue-hued depths of Tucker Lake—informs the perspective of those who call this place home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- St. Matthews Community Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 276° W
- Draut Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 243° SW
- Woodlawn Race Course (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 307° NW
- Village 8 (Cinema) — 1.8 mi, 223° SW
- Party Center (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 101° E
- E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 3.0 mi, 059° NE
- Bingo City (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 190° S
- George Warren Fuller (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 272° W
- Charles Hermany (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 272° W
- Walden theater (Theatre) — 4.5 mi, 270° W
- John Hultgren Photography (Public Artwork) — 4.6 mi, 264° W
- Six Mile Island State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 320° NW
- Blackacre State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 134° SE
- WaterWorks Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 292° W
- Wolf Pen Branch Mill (Historic Ruins) — 5.4 mi, 010° N
- Bingham Park (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 275° W
- Wyatt Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 5.5 mi, 247° SW
- Market Street line sign (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 272° W
- Norton Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 5.5 mi, 246° SW
- Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 273° W
- Colonel Sanders Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 231° SW
- Petting Zoo Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.9 mi, 237° SW
- Butterfly Garden (Nature Reserve) — 6.0 mi, 239° SW
- Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 7.8 mi, 347° N
- Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 39.7 mi, 287° W · 204k acres
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About This Norwood Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Norwood, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.252175, -85.610868. 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 (42553, 40222), telephone area code (270, 502), county seat of Jefferson County (Louisville), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
