Norwood Louisiana Map

About Norwood, Louisiana

Norwood is a locality in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 340. The population density is 23.6 people per km². Norwood is located at 30.9677°N, 91.1040°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70761.

Norwood breathes the humid air of East Feliciana Parish, a place where the land itself seems to sigh with the slow passage of seasons. It lies 28.8 miles north of Central, LA (from Central, LA: bearing 352°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-south-west of Centreville. Here, the terrain rises gently from the low-lying alluvial plains, a subtle incline that nevertheless marks a significant shift in the Louisiana landscape, hinting at the loess soils that give the region its fertility. Magnolias, heavy with their sweet perfume, stand sentinel over weathered farmhouses, their white blossoms stark against the deep green of the surrounding pine and oak forests. The sky overhead, vast and often a soft, washed-out blue, feels closer here, as if the earth itself is reaching up to meet it. Dusk settles not with a dramatic flourish, but with a gradual deepening of shadows, the light softening the edges of the world until only the fireflies begin to punctuate the coming night with their ephemeral glow. The history of Norwood is inextricably linked to the fertile lands that surround it, lands once cleared for the cultivation of cotton and sugarcane, echoing with the labor of generations. The local economy, though diversified now, still holds a deep reverence for the agricultural roots that anchor it, with small farms and family-owned businesses dotting the landscape. The quiet hum of everyday life in Norwood is punctuated by the occasional rumble of a pickup truck, the distant call of a crow, and the murmur of conversations that carry easily in the still air. This is a place where time feels measured not by the ticking of clocks, but by the ripening of crops and the predictable turning of the earth, a steady cadence that has shaped the character of Norwood and its people.

About This Norwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Norwood, Louisiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 30.967678, -91.103995. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Norwood and East Feliciana Parish.

Detailed location data for Norwood includes the ZIP code (70761), telephone area code (985), county seat of East Feliciana Parish, and school district assignment (East Feliciana Parish School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Norwood is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.