Kansas Counties
Norton County, Kansas
| Date Established: | February 26, 1867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date Organized: | August 22, 1872 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| County Seat: | Norton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Origin of Name: | In memory of Capt. Orloff Norton of Co. L, 15th Kansas Cavalry, who was killed by guerillas near Cane Hill, Ark., on 11 Nov 1864. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History: | The county was organized largely at the behest of N.H. Billings, who presented a forged petition to the governor, followed by a largely fictitious census. Once the governor issued the proclamation of organization, naming Billingsville the temporary county seat, Billings returned to the county and in the first election in Sept. 1872 was elected state representative, county attorney, and county superintendent of schools. During the 1873 session, the legislature making sport of Billings's vanity renamed the county in his honor; the next year, the name of Norton was restored. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Post offices in Norton County Cemeteries in Norton County, As of 1906 Newspapers Available on Microfilm Townships and Independent Cities in Norton County Bibliography Kansas Memory |
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| Links to Other Sites: |
Norton County GenWeb Early Kansas Maps [KanColl] |
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