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Welcome to Norwich ...

Norwich is located in Taylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Norwich, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Norwich has a population of 222 people<2> (see below for details).

Norwich is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Norwich lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Norwich (for example, toward Phenix City (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Norwich: 478

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Norwich had an population of 222 people. This is a decrease of 7.11% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 25.75% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Norwich had a population of 239 people.

With a 2010 count of 239 people, the population of Norwich decreased 20.07% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 299 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Norwich.

Communities Also Named Norwich ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Norwich - they are located in Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Norwich.

Communities near Norwich ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Norwich.

  • Putnam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Putnam is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,898 people
  • Buena Vista
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Butler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Talbotton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waverly Hall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ideal
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Junction City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Geneva
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Howard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Howard is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Norwich. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Norwich.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Norwich. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norwich.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Norwich. See our Newspapers Page for Norwich.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Norwich ...

Looking for more information about Norwich? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Norwich, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Norwich.

Adding Norwich to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Norwich in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Norwich was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Norwich post office opened in 1910. The Norwich post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Norwich.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Taylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Norwich.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Norwich - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/