| Official Name: | Norfield, Mississippi |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Norfield |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lincoln |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 407 |
| Coordinates: | 31.4078°N -90.4672°W |
| Area Code: | 601 & 769 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 674932 |
Norfield is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States.[1]
The community was founded in 1886 as a sawmill town.[2] Norfield's name is a portmanteau of the surnames of Frederick Norwood and John S. Butterfield, who founded the Norwood-Butterfield Lumber Company. The sawmill in Norfield was the first sawmill in the southern United States to use a bandsaw to cut yellow pine.[3] In 1900, the community had a population of 347 and was estimated to have a population of 700 six years later.[4] By 1930, the community had the second-largest population in Lincoln County and had a theater, hotel, and golf course.[5]
Norfield is located on the Canadian National Railway.[6] The Norwood-Butterfield Company operated the Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad, a standard gauge logging railroad that ran 30 miles east from Norfield. The railroad operated six locomotives.[7]
A post office operated under the name Norfield from 1891 to 1953.[8]