Welcome to Norton ...

So far, we found very little information about Norton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Norton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Norton, please Contact Us.

Norton would have been located within present day Horry County<2>.

The location of Norton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Norton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Norton is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Norton was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Norton still existed, it would have been in the (843) area code.

Communities Also Named Norton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 37 communities that are also named Norton - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas (2), Vermont, Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Norton.

Communities near Norton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Norton.

• Whiteville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
  • Whiteville is located in Columbus County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,242 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiteville <5>
• Mullins
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins
  • Mullins is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,139 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullins <5>
• Tabor City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor City
  • Tabor City is located in Columbus County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,893 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tabor City <5>
• Loris
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loris
  • Loris is located in Horry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,807 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loris <5>
• Chadbourn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadbourn
  • Chadbourn is located in Columbus County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,699 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chadbourn <5>
• Brunswick
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Brunswick is located in Columbus County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <5>
• Aynor
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aynor
  • Aynor is located in Horry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aynor <5>
• Fair Bluff
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
  • Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
• Lake View
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Lake View is located in Dillon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 779 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake View <5>
• Nichols
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
  • Nichols is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nichols <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Norton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Norton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Norton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Norton. See our Newspapers Page for Norton.

Adding Norton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Norton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Norton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Norton post office opened in 1899.

We also found Norton on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Norton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Horry County: www.horrycounty.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/