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Norton, New Brunswick

Field	Value
name	Norton
image_skyline	Norton NB PO 2013.jpg
image_caption	Norton Post Office (2013)
pushpin_map	New Brunswick
pushpin_mapsize	200
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Norton in New Brunswick
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	New Brunswick
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Kings
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	Valley Waters
leader_title	MP
leader_title2	Provincial Representative
leader_name	Bev Harrison
leader_name2	Rob Moore
established_title	Settled
established_date	1783
area_footnotes
area_land_km2	75.35
population_as_of	2021
population_total	1,410
population_footnotes
population_density_km2	18.7
population_blank1_title	Change (2016–21)
population_blank1	2.0%
timezone	Atlantic (AST)
utc_offset	-4
timezone_DST	ADT
utc_offset_DST	-3
coordinates

Norton is a former village in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, now part of the village of Valley Waters. It was likely named for Norton, Massachusetts.

History

On 1 January 2023, Norton annexed all or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Valley Waters. The community's name remains in official use. Revised census figures have not been released.

Geography

It is situated on the Kennebecasis River 55 kilometres northeast of Saint John. The European and North American Railway began serving Norton in 1859. Norton is home to the oldest fossil forest in Canada.

Present day

Family Frolic Days used to be an annual village festival.

Country music singer Chris Cummings and rock musician, Ian Sherwood, of "Down With The Butterfly" and "Acres and Acres" are both natives of Norton.

Norton Elementary School, located at the intersection of Route 121 and Route 124, serves Norton students from kindergarten to grade five. It is a small, rural school is closely tied with the local community. French immersion is not offered at Norton Elementary but students can be bussed to Sussex Elementary if families wish to enroll students in French immersion before Middle School. Students are bussed to Sussex Middle after grade five and continue on to Sussex Regional High School afterward.

Norton is situated within the shale gas exploration area currently licensed to Corridor Resources.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Norton had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 75.35 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Kings County, New Brunswick

References

(6 December 2022). "Census Profile of Norton".
(1996). "Place Names of Atlantic Canada". University of Toronto Press.
(12 October 2022). "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act".
"RSC 8 - Regional Service Commission 8".
(25 May 2022). "Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history". Government of New Brunswick.
(5 July 2012). "Shale gas study tour wraps up in Norton". CBC News.

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