Norton County, Kansas

Norton County
	Norton County, Kansas
	Map
	; Location in the state of Kansas
	; Kansas's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	February 26, 1867
Seat	Norton
Largest City	Norton
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 881 sq mi (2,282 km²); 878 sq mi (2,274 km²); 3.2 sq mi (8 km²), 0.4%
PopulationEst.; - (2016); - Density	; 5,493 ; 6.5/sq mi (3/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Named for: Orloff Norton

Norton County (standard abbreviation: NT) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 5,671 people lived there.^[1] The county seat is Norton. Norton is also the biggest city in Norton County.^[2] The county was created in 1867. It was named after Orloff Norton, captain of Company L, 15th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment.^[3]

History

19th century

Norton County was created by Noah H. Billings, Thomas Beaumont, Henry Gordon, P. Hansen, and George Cole on August 22, 1872. In 1878 Norton became the county seat. The county got its name for Civil War soldier Orloff Norton, who was killed at Cane Hill, Arkansas in 1864.^[source?]

The first county fair, although not official, was held in Leota in October, 1878. After 1900 the fair was held every year in Elmwood Park in Norton. The first school district was created in Norton in 1872. School was held in a dugout beginning December 1, 1873.[1]

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 881 square miles (2,280 km²). Of that, 878 square miles (2,270 km²) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km²) (0.4%) is water.^[4]

People

Age pyramid

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	6,998		—
1890	10,617		51.7%
1900	11,325		6.7%
1910	11,614		2.6%
1920	11,423		−1.6%
1930	11,701		2.4%
1940	9,831		−16.0%
1950	8,808		−10.4%
1960	8,035		−8.8%
1970	7,279		−9.4%
1980	6,689		−8.1%
1990	5,947		−11.1%
2000	5,953		0.1%
2010	5,671		−4.7%
Est. 2016	5,493	^[5]	−7.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[6] 1790-1960^[7] 1900-1990^[8] 1990-2000^[9] 2010-2016^[1]

Government

County

Noah H. Billings was an early county settler, county superintendent of schools, county attorney, and state representative. Keith Sebelius was a U.S. congressman from 1969 to 1981.^[10]

Presidential elections

Presidential Elections Results

Norton County is very Republican. The last Democrat to reach forty percent of the county’s vote was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. Roosevelt in 1932 was the last Democrat to win Norton County. The only other Democrats to win are Woodrow Wilson (twice) and William Jennings Bryan in his first 1896 campaign.

Education

Unified school districts

Norton Community USD 211
- western two-thirds of county to borders with Decatur and Graham counties and Nebraska
Northern Valley USD 212
- northeastern portion of county, all east of US 283 and north of US 36; extends into northwestern Phillips County
West Solomon USD 213 (elementary school only; students in grades 6-12 attend schools in Norton)

Communities

2005 KDOT Map of Norton County (map legend)

Cities

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 374.
↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
↑ Norton County, Kansas, Kansas Historical Society
↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS

Notes

↑ 1,090 votes (49.91%) were for Populist James B. Weaver (who was supported by the state’s Democrats) and 40 (1.83%) for Prohibition Party candidate John Bidwell.

Other websites

County

Maps

Norton County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
Kansas Railroad Maps: Current, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

Coordinates: 39°48′N 99°55′W / 39.800°N 99.917°W / 39.800; -99.917

[QF-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

[GR6-2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[3] Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 374.

[GR1-4] "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

[USCensusEst2016-5] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[6] "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

[7] "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

[8] "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

[9] "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

[Pedia-10] Norton County, Kansas, Kansas Historical Society

[11] ttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS

[12] 1,090 votes (49.91%) were for Populist James B. Weaver (who was supported by the state’s Democrats) and 40 (1.83%) for Prohibition Party candidate John Bidwell.

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Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	82.4% 1,840	12.6% 281	5.1% 113
2012	80.8% 1,878	17.1% 398	2.1% 49
2008	77.8% 1,878	20.6% 497	1.7% 40
2004	80.5% 2,092	18.2% 473	1.3% 34
2000	71.2% 1,744	24.4% 598	4.5% 109
1996	66.4% 1,814	23.4% 640	10.1% 277
1992	47.9% 1,469	25.4% 779	26.7% 820
1988	67.5% 1,923	30.0% 855	2.4% 69
1984	79.2% 2,515	19.2% 611	1.6% 50
1980	75.5% 2,625	19.2% 666	5.4% 186
1976	60.6% 2,201	36.8% 1,337	2.7% 97
1972	75.8% 2,688	21.9% 776	2.3% 82
1968	70.9% 2,543	23.5% 841	5.6% 202
1964	60.1% 2,245	38.8% 1,449	1.1% 42
1960	68.0% 2,781	31.8% 1,300	0.2% 8
1956	71.6% 3,052	28.0% 1,194	0.4% 18
1952	76.2% 3,530	22.6% 1,047	1.2% 54
1948	61.0% 2,461	35.0% 1,414	4.0% 161
1944	70.9% 2,890	28.4% 1,159	0.7% 29
1940	70.3% 3,415	28.4% 1,378	1.4% 66
1936	54.8% 2,829	44.7% 2,307	0.5% 24
1932	44.2% 2,272	52.6% 2,705	3.3% 168
1928	74.0% 3,365	23.9% 1,087	2.1% 96
1924	59.3% 2,778	26.9% 1,261	13.7% 643
1920	65.2% 2,288	30.9% 1,082	3.9% 137
1916	34.3% 1,616	61.0% 2,876	4.7% 222
1912	24.0% 598	43.3% 1,081	32.7% 815
1908	49.8% 1,448	46.0% 1,337	4.3% 125
1904	67.2% 1,570	17.8% 417	15.0% 350
1900	51.7% 1,329	47.1% 1,212	1.2% 31
1896	42.1% 941	56.3% 1,260	1.6% 36
1892	48.3% 1,054		51.7% 1,130^[a]
1888	56.6% 1,471	24.3% 631	19.1% 497