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Norton County, Kansas
Norton County (standard abbreviation: NT) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 5,671.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20/20137.html )〕 The largest city and county seat is Norton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was established in 1867 and named for Orloff Norton, captain of Company L, 15th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment.
==History==
Norton County is one of the northern most counties in the state, and contains the cities of Almena, Clayton, Cenora, Norton, and Edmond.〔(Norton County, Kansas ), ''Kansas Historical Society''〕 The county was founded by Noah H. Billings, Thomas Beaumont, Henry Gordon, P. Hansen, and George Cole on August 22, 1872. In 1878 Norton became the county seat. The county gets its name for Civil War soldier Orloff Norton, who was killed at Cane Hill, Arkansas in 1864.
The first county fair, although not official, was held in Leota in October, 1878. After 1900 the fair was held yearly in Elmwood Park in Norton. The first school district was formed in Norton in 1872. School was held in a dugout beginning December 1, 1873.
On February 20, 1933, people in Norton and Decatur counties felt a moderate earthquake. Buildings and houses swayed and dishes and windows rattled. The earthquake was felt across a 6,000 square mile area in Kansas and Nebraska.
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