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Welcome to Norway ...

Norway is located in La Salle County<1>.

Norway was established in 1834.

Norway is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Norway lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Norway: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Norway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Norway - they are located in Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Norway ...

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

  • Yorkville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ottawa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ottawa is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,097 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottawa <4>
  • Morris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Plano
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Plano is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,879 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <4>
  • Sandwich
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Marseilles
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Sheridan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Seneca
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Seneca is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
    • Seneca has also been known as:
    • Crotty
    • Seneca village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <4>
  • Somonauk
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Earlville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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 Norway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Norway.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Norway. 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 Norway.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Norway ...

Looking for more information about Norway? 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 Norway, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Norway.

Adding Norway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Norway 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 Norway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Norway post office opened in 1846. The Norway post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Norway.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including La Salle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Norway - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Norway area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Norway area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/