Norton is an
unincorporated community in
Randolph County,
West Virginia, United States. Norton is west of
Elkins, at the junction of
County Route 151 and
Corridor H. Norton had a
post office, which closed on November 12, 2011.
It is a former
coal town
A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch, is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports workers to the site to work the mineral find. The company develops it and provides residen ...
operated by the West Virginia Coal and Coke Company from the early 1900s until the late 1950s. Besides the mine, the town was once home to a
company store, a company bank, and the Norton
Grade School
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
. The denominationally unaffiliated Norton Community Church still serves the town.
References
Unincorporated communities in Randolph County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Coal towns in West Virginia
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