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History · Norwood

Norwood’s post office opened in 1885, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Norwood began

When was Norwood founded?

1885

The Norwood post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 279141 years
Founding year: the first Norwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Norwood’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Norwood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Norwood’s homes were built before 1958.
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The story so far

Norwood, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Norwood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Norwood is a village in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Norwood had a population of 279. It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 322 to 279 (-13%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Norwood, decade by decade

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Questions about Norwood’s history

What year was Norwood founded?

The Norwood post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.