Norton, Kansas

**Norton** is a city in Norton County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Norton County. In 2020, 2,747 people lived there.

## History

Norton was created in 1872. It was named after Capt. Orloff Norton.

The first hotel in Norton was a log house. It was built in 1873.

One of the first pictures of a tornado was taken in Norton in 1909. The photographer was Will Keller.

## Geography

Norton is at  (39.836219, -99.891596). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land. The city is on the north side of Prairie Dog Creek in Norton County. Before the Bureau of Reclamation built Keith Sebelius Lake in 1963, Norton had a lot of floods. The dam has since fixed the problem, and it created the current reservoir that sits  southwest of Norton. The Nebraska border is  north of Norton.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 2,747 people, 1,213 households, and 692 families living in Norton. Of the households, 66.5% owned their home and 33.5% rented their home.

The median age was 42.0 years. Of the people, 90.2% were White, 0.8% were Black, 0.7% were Asian, 0.5% were Native American, 1.1% were from some other race, and 6.6% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.3% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 2,928 people, 1,290 households, and 763 families living in Norton.

## Famous people

- Nick Allen, baseball player
- Kathleen Sebelius (nee Gilligan), the former Secretary of Health and Human Services and a former governor of Kansas; daughter of former Ohio governor John J. Gilligan
- Keith Sebelius, former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas from 1969 to 1981
- K. Gary Sebelius, US Magistrate Judge, son of Keith Sebelius, husband of Kathleen Sebelius

## Other websites

- City
- Norton Area Chamber of Commerce
- Norton County
- Schools
- USD 211, local school district
- Maps
- Norton City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Norton, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: Norton Co KS Courthouse.JPG
- **image caption**: Norton County Courthouse (built 1929)
- **image map**: Norton_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Norton_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Norton County, Kansas, Norton County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Norton Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Norton County, Kansas, Norton County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Norton County, Kansas, Norton
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1885
- **named for**: Orloff Norton
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.91
- **area land sq mi**: 1.91
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 4.94
- **area land km2**: 4.94
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 2330
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 2747
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67654
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-51500
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 485631