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Location
 
County Seat: Norton
Founded: 1872
Population:
    ·   5,953   (2000)
    ·   5,947   (1990)
    ·   5,947   (1990)
    · 11,325   (1900)
Area: 873 Square Miles 
Standard Abbreviation: NT 

 

 

Norton County

 Norton County courthouse in Norton, Kansas. Photo by Susan Howell.
Norton County Courthouse 

History

Map of Norton County, KS in 1899
Organized in 1872.  County seat, Norton.  In memory of Orloff Norton, Captain of Company L, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, killed by guerillas at Cane Hill, Ark., October 29, 1865.  In 1873 the county was represented by one N. H. Billings, who, in consequence of his peculiarities, became a sort of butt of the Legislature.  A member of the Senate at the time had the name of Norton changed to Billings, in two lines hidden in a paragraph of a Bill fixing the boundaries of certain counties.  The next Legislature restored the name of Norton.
 
Map and text from History of Kansas,
Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)
 
William G. Cutler's History of Kansas, first published in 1883, tells about early Norton County.
 
The Special Collections of the Ablah Library at WSU contain historical images of Oronoque, Clayton, Almena, and Norton.
 
The Kansas State Historical Society has historical data for Norton County online including a rich bibliography and lists of cemeteries, post offices, and newspapers.

 
Cities, Towns, & Villages of Norton County
                           2000
    Town                Population  ZIP         Year  Elevation
    =================   ==========  =========   ====  =========
    Almena                     469  67622               2155
    Calvert                                             2200
    Clayton                     66  67629               2450
    Dellvale                                            2339
    Densmore                        67645               2075
    Devizes                                     1873    2300
    Edmond                      47  67636               2119
    Lenora                     306  67645               2270
    New Almelo                      67652               2410
    Norton                   3,012  67654       1872    2300
    Oronoque                                            2360
    Reager                                              2518
    Rockwell                                            2518

Special Places in Norton County

Prairie Dog Statue
  • Prairie Dog State Park near Norton has an adobe house and the 1886 Hillmon school in addition to lots of furry little rodents.
  • The Gallery of Also-Rans in Norton shows all of the unsuccessful candidates for President.
  • Norton is also home to a recreation of Station 15 of the Leavenworth and Pikes Peak Stagecoach Line.

Norton County School Systems

Hospitals

Libraries

Museums

Newspapers

More Data About Norton County

Economic Development Health Data

Genealogy

Norton County Offices

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