Norton County, Kansas

Founding: 1872 (declared in 1867)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Orloff Norton, Kansas militiaman
Seat: Norton (1878–)
Land area: 878 square miles
Population (2020): 5,459
Population (historic): 6,998 (1880); 11,325 (1900); 11,701 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920s
Subdivisions: Five cities; four townships
National Register listings: Five
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 918 (37.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,121
Average outbuilding value (1930): $889

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,650
Average farm size (1920): 215.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Missouri, and Pennsylvania
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Norton

 
Namesake: Orloff Norton, Kansas militiaman
Founding: 1872 (platting); 1872 (post office); 1872 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,747
Population (historic): 634 (1880); 1,202 (1900); 2,767 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1872–1930; 1940–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 352 (27.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Andrew Dyatt Farm (c. 1905). 25998 State Route 383. Queen Anne.