Nortonville Precinct, Morgan County, Illinois
Nortonville may refer to: * Nortonville, California * Nortonville, Kansas * Nortonville, Kentucky See also * Norton (other) Norton may refer to: Places Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include: Canada *Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan * Norton Parish, New Brunswick ** Norton, New Brunswick, ...

Nortonville, California
Nortonville is an unincorporated ghost town in Contra Costa County, California. It was located on Kirker Creek north-northeast of Mount Diablo, at an elevation of 801 feet (244 m). Location Nortonville is located on Nortonville Road just outside the city of Pittsburg in Contra Costa County. The town site is now part of the Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve. History Nortonville was founded by Noah Norton in 1855."The move of coal miners from Nortonville, California to Black Diamond, Washington Territory, 1885". Jacqueline Byer Dial, 1980. He, along with three partners named Cutler, Matheson and Sturgis, started the Black Diamond coal mine at Nortonville in 1860."Letter from Contra Costa County," ''Daily Alta California'', Dec. 10, 1860. The mine was incorporated as the Black Diamond Coal Mining Company in June 1861."Another Coal Mining Company," ''Daily Alta California'', June 15, 1861.
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Nortonville, Kansas
Nortonville is a city in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 601. History Nortonville was platted in 1873. It was named for L. Norton, Jr., a railroad employee. The first post office in Nortonville was established in May 1873. In the 1900s, Nortonville was reported to be one of three sundown towns in the state, where African Americans were not allowed to reside. Geography Nortonville is located at (39.417496, -95.331626). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Demographics Nortonville is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 637 people, 232 households, and 175 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 261 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.8% White, 0.5% Native American, 0.2% from other races, and 1.6% f ...
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Nortonville, Kentucky
Nortonville is a home rule-class city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 1,204 as of the 2010 census. History Nortonville owes its existence to the railroad industry and is named for Eckstein Norton, a Kentucky-born investment banker who started as a clerk in a country store in Russellville, Kentucky, in 1846. Norton participated in the creation of the Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad in the late 1860s (east-west tracks). He then purchased of land in what would become "Norton Village", later changed to "Nortonville" around 1900. Norton became a shipping agent for the Illinois Central Railroad, which eventually acquired the Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad. The north-south railroad, named the Evansville, Henderson and Nashville, was completed through Nortonville in 1872. It was purchased in a foreclosure sale in 1879 by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Norton became president of the L&N Railroad on October 6, 1886. By 1886, Nortonville ...
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