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Welcome to Lorwood ...

Lorwood is located in the Bootheel of Missouri.

Lorwood is located in New Madrid County<1>.

Lorwood is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lorwood: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Lorwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lorwood - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Lorwood ...

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

  • Dexter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Malden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Portageville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • New Madrid
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Bernie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bloomfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Campbell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarkton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
  • Lilbourn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Gideon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lorwood ...

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

Adding Lorwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lorwood 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 Lorwood was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lorwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including New Madrid, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lorwood - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Lorwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Lorwood 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.