Norton is a community in Kings County,

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, Canada. It was likely named for

Norton, Massachusetts Norton is a New England town, town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the villages of Norton Center, Massachusetts, Norton Center and Chartley, Massachusetts, Chartley. The population was ...

. On 1 January 2023, Norton was annexed or part of five local service districts to form the new village of

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. Revised census information has not been released.

Geography

It is situated on the

Kennebecasis River The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...

55 kilometres northeast of Saint John. The

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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 Christopher Allen Thomas Cummings (born August 11, 1975) is a Canadian country music artist. In his career, he has released five studio albums, one compilation album, and one extended play. Several of his singles have charted on the Canadian cou ...

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.

History

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, 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 , it had a population density of in 2021.

Geography

Present day

History

Demographics

Notable people

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