Norton, Massachusetts This article is about the town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Norton, Massachusetts Norton Town Common Norton Town Common Official seal of Norton, Massachusetts Norton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the village of Norton Center.
Norton was first settled in 1669 and was called North Taunton for its locale on the northern border of Taunton, Massachusetts.
The town was retitled "Norton" after Norton, Oxfordshire, England, where many early pioneer had originated when the town was officially established on March 17, 1710.
The bandstand inside the town center was originally erected using donated funds amid the first Gulf War, with respect to the veterans who served from Norton.
Norton is a small but burgeoning town.
It was the town's first full traffic light and, in a manner of speaking, it declared "Norton isn't Mayberry anymore." According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 29.8 square miles (77 km2), of which 28.7 square miles (74 km2) is territory and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), or 3.72%, is water.
The two biggest bodies of water in town are the Norton Reservoir, north of the center of town, and Winnecunnet Pond on the east (on the north side of I-495), which is fed by the Canoe River and feeds into the Mill River.
The town is bisected southeast to northwest by Interstate 495, as well as Massachusetts Route 140 from north to south and Massachusetts Route 123 from southwest to northeast.
Exit 9 (Bay Street, Taunton) and Exit 11 (Route 140, Mansfield/Norton) are just over the town lines.
Route 140 and Route 123 intersect at the center of town, by the town green.
Although it is not officially signed as such, many fans attending concerts and affairs at the Comcast Center, formerly the Tweeter Center, and originally The Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, just over the line in Mansfield along Route 140, reach the venue by driving along Route 123 to Route 140.
The town is also a part of the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (or GATRA) bus line.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. In the town, the populace was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town is a part of three separate state representative districts; precinct one belonging to the Fourth Bristol precinct (which includes all of Rehoboth, Seekonk and part of Swansea), precinct two belonging to the Fourteenth Bristol precinct (which includes parts of North Attleborough, Attleboro and Mansfield as well), and precincts three through five belonging to the First Bristol precinct (whose precinct includes Mansfield Center and Foxborough).
The town is a part of the state senate precinct of the Bristol and Norfolk district, stretching from Dover to the north to Rehoboth and Seekonk to the south.
Norton is patrolled by Troop H (Metro Boston District), Third (Foxborough) Barracks of the Massachusetts State Police.
On the nationwide level, the town is part of Massachusetts Congressional District 4, which is represented by Joseph P.
The town has an open town meeting form of government, with a town manager and a board of selectmen governing the town.
The town is served by the central police station (next to the town hall on Route 123), three fire stations (the central station next to the town hall, the Winnecunnet station (currently closed) and the Chartley station), and two postal services (Norton, next to the town center and Wheaton College; and Chartley, near the Attleboro line along Route 123).
The town's enhance library is positioned next to the town hall, although the initial still stands on Route 140 at the town green.
Norton has its own enhance school system, Norton Public Schools.
Yelle Elementary School (4 5) near the center of town.
The Norton Middle School (6 8) is positioned in Chartley.
Norton High School (9 12) is positioned near the center of town, next to the H.A.
High school students may also attend Southeast Regional Vocational-Technical High School in Easton or Bristol County Agricultural High School, otherwise known as "Bristol Aggie", in Dighton no-charge of charge.
There are two private schools in town, New Testament Christian School, a Baptist school which serves grades K 12, and the Pinecroft School on 33 Pine Street.
A History of the Town of Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, from 1669 to 1859.
Norton: Your Town "1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1950 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
"1920 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
"1890 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
"1870 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
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