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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Norton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Norton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Norton is located in Runnels County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Runnels County: Coke, Coleman, Concho, Nolan, Taylor & Tom Green.

Below are the counties that are near Norton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Norton:

  • Runnels County     (The home county of Norton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norton, with the one closest to Norton listed first.
    • Maverick ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maverick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
      • Maverick is located in Runnels County
    • Winters
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters
      • Winters is located in Runnels County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winters <2>
    • Wingate
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Ballinger
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rowena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Miles
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
      • Miles is located in Runnels County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles <2>
  • Coke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norton, with the one closest to Norton listed first.
    • Bronte
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronte
      • Bronte is located in Coke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronte <2>
    • Tennyson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackwell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackwell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
      • Blackwell is located in Coke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackwell <2>
    • Robert Lee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Sanco ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
      • Sanco is located in Coke County
    • Edith
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Edith is located in Coke County
  • Coleman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norton, with the one closest to Norton listed first.
    • Talpa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Glen Cove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
      • Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
    • Goldsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
      • Goldsboro is located in Coleman County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldsboro <2>
    • Novice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Novice have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
      • Novice is located in Coleman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Novice <2>
  • Concho County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norton, with the one closest to Norton listed first.
    • Lowake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Paint Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
      • Paint Rock is located in Concho County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paint Rock <2>
  • Nolan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norton, with the one closest to Norton listed first.
    • Hylton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hylton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
      • Hylton is located in Nolan County
    • Nolan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nolan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
      • Nolan is located in Nolan County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nolan <2>
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norton, with the one closest to Norton listed first.
    • Ovalo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ovalo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovalo
      • Ovalo is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovalo <2>
    • Lawn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tuscola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuscola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
      • Tuscola is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 735 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuscola <2>
  • Tom Green County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norton, with the one closest to Norton listed first.
    • Orient
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orient have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
      • Orient is located in Tom Green County
    • Mereta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mereta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mereta
      • Mereta is located in Tom Green County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mereta <2>
    • Veribest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Veribest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
      • Veribest is located in Tom Green County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Norton, see our County-by-County Page for Norton.

Newspapers Published in Norton ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norton, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Norton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Norton:

Cemeteries Near Norton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norton.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Norton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Norton, with the one closest to Norton listed first.

  • Norton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norton Cemetery
  • Castleberry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Castleberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castleberry Cemetery
  • Maverick Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maverick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maverick Cemetery
  • Wilmeth Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilmeth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilmeth Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Mt. Victory Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Victory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Victory Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Old Runnels Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Runnels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Runnels Cemetery
  • Northview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northview Cemetery
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pumphrey Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pumphrey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pumphrey Cemetery
  • Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery
  • Continue List   (38 more) ...
    • Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Mule Creek Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mule Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mule Creek Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Norton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Norton.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Norton, with the one closest to Norton listed first.

  • Maverick ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maverick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
    • Maverick is located in Runnels County
  • Bronte
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronte
    • Bronte is located in Coke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronte <2>
  • Winters
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters
    • Winters is located in Runnels County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winters <2>
  • Ballinger
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Chadbourne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Chadbourne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chadbourne
    • Fort Chadbourne is located in Coke County
  • Rowena
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Hylton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hylton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
    • Hylton is located in Nolan County
  • Miles
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
    • Miles is located in Runnels County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles <2>
  • Robert Lee
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Guion
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
      • Guion is located in Taylor County
    • Talpa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Sanco ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
      • Sanco is located in Coke County
    • Paint Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
      • Paint Rock is located in Concho County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paint Rock <2>
    • Glen Cove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
      • Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
    • Edith
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Edith is located in Coke County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Norton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norton.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Norton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Norton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8710, Longitude: -100.1262       In this case, the coordinates for Norton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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