Do you know of Norton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Norton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Norton.
Our sources for Norton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Norton other than they indicate that Norton would be found somewhere in Kankakee County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1868 and closed in 1879.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Norton ...
We found 38 communities that share the name Norton.
Within Illinois, the name Norton is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 35 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Yuma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Norton [Yuma County].
- Arkansas
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Norton [Carroll County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Norton.
- California
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Dubois County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Norton [Dubois County].
- Kansas
- Norton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Norton [Norton County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Norton [Caddo Parish].
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Norton [Bristol County].
- Michigan
- Muskegon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Norton [Muskegon County].
- Ontonagon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Norton [Ontonagon County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Norton [Wayne County].
- Missouri
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Norton [Saline County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Norton.
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Norton [Hunterdon County].
- New Mexico
- Quay County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Norton [Quay County].
- New York
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Norton [Horry County].
- Texas
- Vermont
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Norton [Essex County].
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Norton [Randolph County].
- Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Norton [Dunn County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Norton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Norton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Kankakee County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Kankakee County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Norton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |