world.wikisort.org - Canada

Search / Calendar

Norton (2016 population: 1,382[1]) is a village in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. It was likely named for Norton, Massachusetts.[2]

This article is about the village. For the civil parish, local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Norton Parish, New Brunswick.
Norton
Norton Post Office (2013)
Norton
Location of Norton in New Brunswick
Coordinates: 45°38′19.3″N 65°41′43.8″W
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyKings
Settled1783
Government
 • MPBev Harrison
 • Provincial RepresentativeRob Moore
Area
[1]
 • Land75.35 km2 (29.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,382
 • Density18.3/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (Atlantic (AST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

The parish was established in 1795.[3]


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.[4]


History


See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kings County, New Brunswick

Demographics


In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Norton had a population of 1,410 living in 547 of its 578 total private dwellings, a change of 2% from its 2016 population of 1,382. With a land area of 75.35 km2 (29.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.7/km2 (48.5/sq mi) in 2021.[5]


Notable people


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

See also



References


  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Norton, Village [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  2. Hamiton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada (illustrated, reprint ed.). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802075703. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  3. Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 82. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
  4. "Shale gas study tour wraps up in Norton". CBC News. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

Further reading




Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2024
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии