Welcome to Norton Furnace ...
So far, we found very little information about Norton Furnace. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Norton Furnace to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Norton Furnace, please Contact Us.
Norton Furnace would have been located within present day Bristol County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Norton Furnace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Norton Furnace is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Norton Furnace was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Norton Furnace was located: 508 & 774<4>
Communities near Norton Furnace ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Norton Furnace.
- Providence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
- Brockton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brockton is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
- Fall River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fall River is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
- Cranston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cranston is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
- Pawtucket
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pawtucket is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawtucket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71,710 people
- Taunton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- East Providence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Providence is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,337 people
- Attleboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Attleboro is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
- Woonsocket
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
- Cumberland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
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 Furnace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Norton Furnace.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Norton Furnace. 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 Furnace.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Norton Furnace. See our Newspapers Page for Norton Furnace.
Adding Norton Furnace to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Norton Furnace 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 (so far) for Norton Furnace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Norton Furnace post office opened in 1889. The Norton Furnace post office closed in 1902.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Norton Furnace.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Norton Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Bristol, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Norton Furnace - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Norton Furnace area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Norton Furnace area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |