Wilson, LA

Wilson is a village in northwestern East Feliciana Parish, about four miles from Norwood and roughly 35 miles north of Baton Rouge. The 2020 census counted 348 residents. Wilson was created under Louisiana’s Lawrason Act in 1960, and a 2005 village financial statement described a 28.5-square-mile municipal boundary with about 10 miles of village-maintained roads. That combination matters: Wilson is small in headcount yet covers a broad piece of the parish, so roads, utilities, and dispersed settlement are central to its civic geography.

The village sits within the Baton Rouge metropolitan area while retaining its northwestern East Feliciana setting. Local government operates through a mayor and three alderpersons elected at large, a structure that fits a place where the entire incorporated area is part of the same civic conversation. Wilson’s position near Norwood gives it a nearby local reference point, while Baton Rouge supplies the larger regional connection. For someone getting oriented, Wilson is a village with 348 residents in 2020, a wide municipal map, and a distinctly rural parish context.