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Norton County, Kansas

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5historic places

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1867formed

5,459pop. 2020

23cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1990. Most listings are in or near Lenora, Norton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Norton titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Barbeau House	Lenora	Building	2004
North Fork Solomon River Lattice Truss Bridge	Lenora	Structure	2003
Norton Downtown Historic District	Norton	District	2011
Sand Creek Truss Leg Bedstead Bridge	Lenora	Structure	2003
West Sappa Creek Lattice	Norton	Structure	1990

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Norton was formed in 1867 (1867-02-26) from unknown / original county.

NORTON created from Non-County Area 2 attached to RILEY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Norton County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,998	11,325	11,423	9,831	8,808	8,035	6,689	5,953	5,459

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

23 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 23 of 23 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Carlson Cemetery	39.92937	-99.72047
Cope Cemetery	39.78379	-99.95014
Devizes Cemetery	39.98008	-100.05944
Edmond Cemetery	39.63704	-99.82381
Fairview Cemetery	39.98765	-99.69445
Farmingdale Cemetery	39.90195	-99.62761
Gettis Cemetery	39.68113	-100.13337
Lenora East Cemetery	39.60373	-99.99372
Lenora South Cemetery	39.59527	-100.00292
Maple Grove Cemetery	39.88686	-100.07674
Modell Cemetery	39.62446	-99.88981
Mount Calvary Cemetery	39.65065	-99.74001
Mount Hope Cemetery	39.88478	-99.74033
Mount Olive Cemetery	39.78556	-99.66982
Norcatur Cemetery	39.84305	-100.17829
Oronoque Cemetery	39.79812	-100.01216
Prairie Gem Cemetery	39.71144	-99.96591
Railsback Cemetery	39.97258	-100.13715
Saint Joseph Cemetery	39.59853	-100.1168
Sheley Cemetery	39.93719	-99.81452
Wotton Cemetery	39.96529	-100.17397
Wray Cemetery	39.94305	-100.15056
Zellmer Cemetery	39.82065	-99.64553

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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