Norton is a former village in Kings County,

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, Canada, now part of the village of Valley Waters. It was likely named for

Norton, Massachusetts Norton is a New England town, town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the villages of Norton Center, Massachusetts, Norton Center and Chartley, Massachusetts, Chartley. The population was 19,202 at the 2020 United Stat ...

History

On 1 January 2023, Norton annexed all or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Valley Waters. The community's name remains in official use. Revised census figures have not been released.

Geography

It is situated on the

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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

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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.

Demographics

In the

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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.

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