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 The Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 2 and Division No. 2. It is located in the southeast portion of the province. Hi ...

, Saskatchewan *

Norton Parish, New Brunswick Norton is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Hampton, the village of Norton, and the local service district of the parish of Norton, all of which are members of Reg ...

Norton, New Brunswick Norton is a community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. It was likely named for Norton, Massachusetts. On 1 January 2023, Norton was annexed or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Valley Waters. Revised censu ...

, a village

United Kingdom

England

Norton, Runcorn Norton is an area in the eastern part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It was originally a separate community some to the east of Runcorn, but in the 1970s and 1980s became absorbed within Runcorn by the expansion of its new town. His ...

, Cheshire, a district * Norton, South Hams, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

in Devon * Norton, Torridge, a

in Devon *

Norton, County Durham Norton is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. It stands on higher ground to the south, further away from the River Tees than Stockton town centre. They are small areas west of the area called Roseworth and ...

, an area of Stockton-on-Tees * Norton, East Sussex, a

* Norton, Gloucestershire, a civil parish * Norton, Hampshire, a hamlet near Sutton Scotney *

Norton, Herefordshire Norton is a civil parish in north-east Herefordshire, England, and is approximately north-east from the city and county town of Hereford. The closest town is Bromyard, conjoined to the parish at the south-west. The parish includes the elevated ...

, a civil parish near Bromyard *

Norton, Hertfordshire Norton is a small village and former civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, one of the three original villages which were absorbed into Letchworth Garden City, the other two being Willian and Old Letchworth. The village is known to have existed ...

, a village *

Norton, Isle of Wight Norton is a hamlet on the outskirts of Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight, England. Its population is included in the count of the town of Yarmouth. It is situated in the West of the island and has a coast on the Solent. It is located southeast of Ly ...

, a

Norton, Kent Norton, Buckland and Stone is a small rural civil parish east of Teynham and west of the centre of Faversham in the borough of Swale, Kent, England. It is bypassed by the M2 to the south and traverses the historic A2, on the route of the Rom ...

Norton, Northamptonshire Norton is a village in West Northamptonshire. The population including Brokhall and Norton at the 2011 census was 434. The village is about east of Daventry, west of Northampton. Junction 16 of the M1 motorway is about south-east and the nea ...

, a village * Norton, Nottinghamshire, a village * Norton, Culmington, a

in Shropshire * Norton, Stockton, Shropshire, a

in Shropshire * Norton, Wroxeter and Uppington, a

in Shropshire * Norton, Somerset, a

* Norton, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, a civil parish * Norton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, a district * Norton, Suffolk, a village * Norton, Dudley, West Midlands, a suburb and council ward in the town of Stourbridge * Norton, Arun, a

in West Sussex * Norton, Chichester, a

in West Sussex * Norton, Wiltshire, a civil parish *

Norton, Worcestershire Norton is a village in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, from the boundary of the City of Worcester, England. The village sits within the Norton Juxta Kempsey civil parish and is split in two by the M5 motorway, with the original vill ...

, a village near Worcester * Norton, east Worcestershire, a

near Evesham, Worcestershire *

Norton, Buckland and Stone Norton, Buckland and Stone is a small rural civil parish east of Teynham and west of the centre of Faversham in the borough of Swale, Kent, England. It is bypassed by the M2 to the south and traverses the historic A2, on the route of the R ...

, Kent, a civil parish *

Norton Camp Norton Camp is a Bronze Age hill fort at Norton Fitzwarren near Taunton in Somerset, England. Background Hill forts developed in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, roughly the start of the 1st millennium BC. The reason for their emergence in ...

, a Bronze Age hill fort in Somerset * Norton in Hales, a village and parish in Shropshire * Norton-in-the-Moors, an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire *

Norton Juxta Twycross Norton Juxta Twycross, usually known as simply "Norton" ''(or "Norton-Juxta")'', is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twycross, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. The village i ...

, a village in Leicestershire * Norton-le-Clay, a village and parish in North Yorkshire *

Norton-on-Derwent Norton-on-Derwent, commonly referred to as simply Norton, is a town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Norton borders the market town of Malton, and is separated from it by the River Derwent. The 2001 Censu ...

, a town and parish in North Yorkshire *

Norton Rural District (Yorkshire) Norton was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was based on the small town of Norton-on-Derwent, and was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Malton rural sanitary district which was ...

, a former local government area *

Norton St Philip Norton St Philip is a village and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The village lies about south of the city of Bath and north of the town of Frome on the eastern slopes of the Mendip Hills. It is situated on the A366 be ...

, civil parish in Somerset * Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, a civil parish *

Chipping Norton Chipping Norton is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about south-west of Banbury and north-west of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the civil parish population as ...

, West Oxfordshire, a civil parish *

King's Norton Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Worcestershire, it was also a Birmingham City Council ward (politics), ward within the Government of Birmingham, Engl ...

, Birmingham, a town *

King's Norton, Leicestershire King's Norton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated to the east of Leicester, and about south-west from Billesdon. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 69. ...

, a village and civil parish *

Wood Norton, Norfolk Wood Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located east of Fakenham and north-west of Norwich. The villages name means 'North farm/settlement'. 'Wood' to distinguish from Pudding Norton. The civil parish ...

, a village and civil parish

Wales

* Norton, Monmouthshire, a

Norton, Powys Norton is a village in Powys within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, Wales. In 1086, Norton was recorded as a settlement within the hundred of Leintwardine and in the county of Shropshire in the Domesday Book. Norton is approximately ...

, a village * Norton, Swansea, a settlement in Mumbles * Norton, Penrice, a

in Swansea

United States

Norton, Arizona Norton is a location in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the northeast San Cristobal Valley The San Cristobal Valley is a valley in the lower regions of the western Gila River Valley in southwestern Arizona in the western S ...

, a populated place *

Norton, Indiana Norton is an unincorporated community in Dubois and Orange counties, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. It ...

, an unincorporated community * Norton County, Kansas **

Norton, Kansas Norton is a city in, and the county seat of, Norton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,747. History Norton was founded in 1872. Like the county, it was named for Capt. Orloff Norton. The f ...

, a city and the county seat *

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 Kentuck ...

, originally established as Norton *

Norton, Massachusetts Norton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the villages of Norton Center and Chartley. The population was 19,202 at the 2020 census. Home of Wheaton College, Norton hosts the Dell Technologies Championship ...

, a town *

Norton, Missouri Norton is an unincorporated community in Saline County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History Norton was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United ...

, an unincorporated community *

Norton, New Jersey Norton is an unincorporated community located within Union Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Norton is located on County Route 635, approximately northwest of Interstate 78. The village is included in the Van Syckel Corner District, whi ...

, an unincorporated community *

Norton, Ohio Norton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 12,085 at the 2010 census and 11,996 at the 2019 estimate. All but a small portion of the city is in Summit County and is part of the Akron metropolitan area; a part extends into ...

, a city * Norton, Texas, an unincorporated community *

Norton, Vermont Norton is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 153 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on the Canada–US border, immediately south of Stanhop ...

, a town *

Norton, Virginia Norton is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the far western tip of the state in Wise County, Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,687, making it the least populous city in Virginia. The Bureau of E ...

, a city * Norton, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Norton, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Norton, Yolo County, California, an unincorporated community *

Norton Air Force Base Norton Air Force Base (1942–1994) was a United States Air Force facility east of downtown San Bernardino in San Bernardino County, California. Overview For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton was a logistics depot and heavy-l ...

, California * Norton Bay, Alaska *

Norton Reservoir The Norton Reservoir is a lake/reservoir/pond within the towns of Norton and Mansfield, in southeastern Massachusetts. The Rumford River The Rumford River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts, United States, that is a tributary of the ...

, Massachusetts *

Norton Sound Norton Sound (russian: Нортон-Саунд) is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. It is about 240 km (150 mi) long and 200 km (125 mi) wide. The Yukon ...

, Alaska, an inlet of the Bering Sea *

Norton Township (disambiguation) Norton Township may refer to: *Norton Township, Kankakee County, Illinois *Norton Township, Jefferson County, Kansas *Norton Township, Winona County, Minnesota *Norton Township, Walsh County, North Dakota *Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio {{ge ...

Elsewhere

Norton, Sri Lanka Norton is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. See also *List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka Central Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Kandy District, Matale District, and Nuwara Eliya Dist ...

, a village *

Norton, Zimbabwe Norton is a commuter town in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe near Harare. It is located about 40 km west of Harare on the main road and railway line connecting Harare and Bulawayo. Demographics According to the 1982 Population C ...

, a town * Norton Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *

Chipping Norton, New South Wales Chipping Norton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chipping Norton is 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Gr ...

, Sydney, Australia

People and fictional characters

Norton (given name) Norton is the given name of: People * Norton Bush (1834-1894), American landscape painter * Norton Clapp (1906–1995), American businessman, chairman of the Weyerhaeuser Corporation * Norton Garfinkle (born 1931), economist, businessman and publi ...

Norton (surname) Norton is a surname with origin from the basic Early English ''norþ + tun'', meaning North settlement (cf Weston, Sutton and Easton for other surnames derived from points of the compass). There are many English villages called Norton or inclu ...

Music

Norton (band) Norton is an indie rock band formed in Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco, Portugal. They have released five albums to date and toured all over Europe and Japan. History 2003: Make Me Sound E.P. In April 2003 the EP Make Me Sound'' w ...

, indie rock band from Portugal *

Norton Records Norton Records, is an independent record label founded by musicians Miriam Linna and Billy Miller in 1986. The label concentrates on rock, rockabilly, primitive music, punk, garage rock and early rhythm and blues.Norton (Symantec), the computer security division of Symantec * Norton Abrasives *

Norton Healthcare Norton Healthcare is a Kentucky health care system with more than 40 clinics and hospitals in and around Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital and health care system is the Louisville area's third largest private employer, located at more than 140 l ...

, a healthcare system in Louisville, Kentucky *

Norton Motorcycle Company The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motors, Ltd.) is a brand of motorcycles, originally based in Birmingham, England. For some years around 1990, the rights to use the name on motorcycles was owned by North American financiers. From ...

, a British motorcycle manufacturer * W. W. Norton & Company, an American book publishing corporation

Titles

Baron Norton Baron Norton, of Norton-on-the-Moors in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1878 for the Conservative politician and former President of the Board of Trade, Sir Charles Adderley. He was su ...

, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom *

Norton baronets There are four extinct baronetcies created for persons with the surname Norton: two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. The Norton Baronetcy, of Rotherfield in the County of Sou ...

, four titles, all extinct

Other uses

Norton (grape) Norton, is grown in the Midwestern United States, Mid-Atlantic States, northeastern Georgia. DNA data are consistent with 'Norton' being a hybrid with ancestry including ''V. aestivalis'' and ''V. vinifera''. Norton was first cultivated in Rich ...

, a variety of grape also known as Cynthiana *

Norton tradition The Norton tradition is an archaeological culture that developed in the Western Arctic along the Alaskan shore of the Bering Strait around 1000 BC and lasted through about 800 AD. The Norton people used flake- stone tools like their predecessors ...

, an archaeological culture from the North American Arctic *

Norton's theorem In direct-current circuit theory, Norton's theorem, also called the Mayer–Norton theorem, is a simplification that can be applied to networks made of linear time-invariant resistances, voltage sources, and current sources. At a pair of ...

in electronics *''

Norton's Star Atlas {{refimprove, date=August 2015 ''Norton's Star Atlas'' is a set of 16 celestial charts, first published in 1910 and currently in its 20th edition under the editorship of Ian Ridpath. The ''Star Atlas'' covers the entire northern and southern sky, ...

'', a set of 16 celestial charts